Equalise

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard form of equalize. British, English, Non-Oxford, alt-of, standard

    "The introduction of substitute Andy Carroll sparked Liverpool into life and he pulled a goal back just after the hour - and thought he had equalised as Kenny Dalglish's side laid siege to Chelsea's goal in the closing stages."

  2. 2
    make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching wordnet
  3. 3
    compensate; make the score equal wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
equalequalequalizeequalizeequateget even

Example

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"The introduction of substitute Andy Carroll sparked Liverpool into life and he pulled a goal back just after the hour - and thought he had equalised as Kenny Dalglish's side laid siege to Chelsea's goal in the closing stages."

Etymology

From equal + -ise.

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