Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to equal
Participle: equaled; equalled
Gerund: equaling; equalling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | equal |
| you | equal |
| he;she;it | equals |
| we | equal |
| you | equal |
| they | equal |
Perfect
| I | have equaled; equalled |
| you | have equaled; equalled |
| he;she;it | has equaled; equalled |
| we | have equaled; equalled |
| you | have equaled; equalled |
| they | have equaled; equalled |
Past
| I | equaled; equalled |
| you | equaled; equalled |
| he;she;it | equaled; equalled |
| we | equaled; equalled |
| you | equaled; equalled |
| they | equaled; equalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had equaled; equalled |
| you | had equaled; equalled |
| he;she;it | had equaled; equalled |
| we | had equaled; equalled |
| you | had equaled; equalled |
| they | had equaled; equalled |
Future
| I | will equal |
| you | will equal |
| he;she;it | will equal |
| we | will equal |
| you | will equal |
| they | will equal |
Future Perfect
| I | will have equaled; equalled |
| you | will have equaled; equalled |
| he;she;it | will have equaled; equalled |
| we | will have equaled; equalled |
| you | will have equaled; equalled |
| they | will have equaled; equalled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | equal |
| you | equal |
| he;she;it | equal |
| we | equal |
| you | equal |
| they | equal |
Perfect
| I | have equaled; equalled |
| you | have equaled; equalled |
| he;she;it | have equaled; equalled |
| we | have equaled; equalled |
| you | have equaled; equalled |
| they | have equaled; equalled |
Imperfect
| I | equaled; equalled |
| you | equaled; equalled |
| he;she;it | equaled; equalled |
| we | equaled; equalled |
| you | equaled; equalled |
| they | equaled; equalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had equaled; equalled |
| you | had equaled; equalled |
| he;she;it | had equaled; equalled |
| we | had equaled; equalled |
| you | had equaled; equalled |
| they | had equaled; equalled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would equal |
| you | would equal |
| he;she;it | would equal |
| we | would equal |
| you | would equal |
| they | would equal |
Perfect
| I | would have equaled; equalled |
| you | would have equaled; equalled |
| he;she;it | would have equaled; equalled |
| we | would have equaled; equalled |
| you | would have equaled; equalled |
| they | would have equaled; equalled |
Imperative
| you | equal |
| we | Let's equal |
| you | equal |
Verbs conjugated like 'equal'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'equal'
æqual,
æquall,
equate,
equip,
quab,
quad,
quail,
qualm,
quap,
quat,
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English equal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of aequalis and egal.
Sample Sentences
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The train calls at stations in the woods, where the wild impossibility of anybody having the smallest reason to get out, is only to be equalled by the apparently desperate hopelessness of there being anybody to get in. It rushes across the turnpike road, where there is no gate, no policeman, no signal: nothing but a rough wooden arch, on [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] has driven to the murder of their children; and themselves seeking in death a shelter from woes more dreaded than death. Nothing of tragedy can be written, can be spoken, can be conceived, that equals the frightful reality of scenes daily and hourly acting on our shores, beneath the shadow of American law, and the shadow of the cross of Christ.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)