equivalent. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993

Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.

equivalent (adj., n.)


The adjective can combine with the prepositions to, as in The payment is equivalent to a week’s wages, and less frequently with with, as in It’s equivalent with the one we got a year ago. The noun can combine with of, to, and for, as in His award was intended to be an equivalent of [to, for] hers.	1