equal
adjective
1 adjective same in amount, valuethere were equal numbers of men and women bhí an líon céanna fear agus ban annone unit is equal to one small glass of wine is ionann aonad amháin agus gloine bheag fíonathe payout was equal to 12 months' salary bhí an íocaíocht cothrom le tuarastal 12 mhíthey were equal in height bhí an airde chéanna iontu, bhí siad ar comhairde 2 adjective equivalent, similarcéanna adj3 they had an equal chance of winning bhí an seans céanna acu buachantheir standard of living is equal to that in any major western city tá an caighdeán maireachtála atá acu ag teacht leis an gcaighdeán maireachtála in aon mhórchathair de chuid an iarthairTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 adjective deserving same rightsis everybody equal? an bhfuil gach duine ar comhchéim?, an mar a chéile gach aon duine? 4 adjective not discriminatingwe should have equal status with them ba cheart go mbeimisne ar comhchéim leosanon an equal footing ar comhchéimequal rights comhchearta mpl1, cearta comhionanna 5 adjective able, strong enoughhe'll be equal to the task beidh sé ábalta ag an gcúram, beidh sé breá ábalta an beart a dhéanamhshe wasn't equal to the journey ní raibh sí ábalta an turas a dhéanamh, ní raibh sé inti an turas a dhéanamh 6 adjective faircothrom adj1 it was an equal fight troid chothrom a bhí ann
verb
7 verb be same in amount, value TRANSITIVEthat equals a quarter of a million euro is ionann sin agus ceathrú milliúin euro 8 verb be as good, large TRANSITIVEnothing can equal it níl rud ar bith chomh maith leis, ní féidir é a bhualadh, níl dada inchurtha leis 9 verb reach same standard TRANSITIVEcothromaigh verb he equalled the record tharraing sé cothrom leis an gcuriarrachtshe equalled the score chothromaigh sí an scór 10 verb be the same as TRANSITIVEa high price doesn't equal high quality ní hionann praghas ard agus caighdeán ard 11 verb result in TRANSITIVEmore customers equals more profit is ionann a thuilleadh custaiméirí agus a thuilleadh brabúisadverb
12 adverb SPOR at same score, position etcthe teams finished equal on points chríochnaigh na foirne cothrom ar phointínoun
13 noun sb/sth equally goodJapan was the equal of the European countries bhí an tSeapáin gach pioc chomh láidir le tíortha na hEorpashe was the equal of any of them bhí sí chomh maith le haon duine acuhe's without equal (also he has no equal) níl a shárú le fáil