{
    "term": "equivalent",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a thing, amount, word, etc. that is equal in value, meaning or purpose to something else",
            "sensetop": "equivalent of somethingequivalent of doing somethingequivalent to something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Send €20 or the equivalent in your own currency."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the modern equivalent of the Roman baths",
                    "contextForm": "equivalent of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is there a French word that is the exact equivalent of the English word ‘home’?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pipeline captures about 15 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, which is the equivalent of *(= has the same effect as)* removing 3.2 million vehicles from the roads.",
                    "contextForm": "equivalent of doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The German ‘Gymnasium’ is the closest equivalent to the grammar school in England.",
                    "contextForm": "equivalent to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's only paid the equivalent of $200."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is the approximate equivalent in height to the Matterhorn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The campaign says that hunters are the moral equivalent of murderers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has $43.8 million in cash and cash equivalents."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no exact male equivalent for witches."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These drawings are the visual equivalents of stage whispers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This concert hall has been described as the American equivalent of London's Royal Albert Hall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This qualification is the equivalent of a degree."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a word which has no direct equivalent in English"
                },
                {
                    "text": "each sponsor received the equivalent of £1millon worth of advertising."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the nearest equivalent we have to a carnival"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the online equivalent of the telephone"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["direct", "exact", "approximate"],
                "verb + equivalent": ["be", "be considered", "represent"],
                "preposition": ["equivalent for", "equivalent in", "equivalent of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈkwɪvələnt/",
                "audio": "eq/equivalent/equivalent__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈkwɪvələnt/",
                "audio": "eq/equivalent/equivalent__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}