EQUALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does equalize mean? 

• EQUALIZE (verb)
  The verb EQUALIZE has 2 senses:

1. compensate; make the score equal

2. make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching

  Familiarity information: EQUALIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EQUALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they equalize    ... he / she / it equalizes   
Past simple: equalized   
Past participle: equalized   
-ing form: equalizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Compensate; make the score equal

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

equalise; equalize; get even

Hypernyms (to "equalize" is one way to...):

hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

equalization (the act of making equal or uniform)

equalizer (a score that makes the match even)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

equal; equalise; equalize; equate; match

Context example:

The company matched the discount policy of its competitors

Hypernyms (to "equalize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

equal; match; rival; touch (be equal to in quality or ability)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "equalize"):

homologise; homologize (make homologous)

homogenise; homogenize (cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing)

draw; tie (finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

equalization (the act of making equal or uniform)

equalizer (a weight that balances another weight)