equalize

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make two or more amounts, conditions, opportunities, or effects equal

   The grant is intended to equalize access to laboratory equipment across the schools.

2. 2
   verb

   to make the score level in a game or competition

   The striker equalized with a header in the final minute.

Formed from equal + -ize. Equal came through Old French from Latin aequalis, 'even or uniform,' from aequus, 'level, fair, or equal'; the suffix gives equalize the causative meaning 'make equal.'

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