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be without equal — have no equal phrase to be better than anyone or anything else As a family holiday destination, Bournemouth is without equal. Thesaurus: to be the best or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: equal … Useful english dictionary
(be) without equal — be without ˈequal | have no ˈequal idiom (formal) to be better than anything else or anyone else of the same type • He is a player without equal. • As a family holiday destination, the seaside has no equal. Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
be without equal — or have no equal to be better than anyone or anything else As a family holiday destination, Bournemouth is without equal … English dictionary
equal — e|qual1 W2S1 [ˈi:kwəl] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(same)¦ 2¦(same rights/chances)¦ 3 be equal to something 4 on equal terms/on an equal footing 5 all (other) things being equal ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: aequalis, from aequus level, equal ]… … Dictionary of contemporary English
equal — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ intellectual, social VERB + EQUAL ▪ consider sb (as), regard sb as, treat sb as ▪ He did not regard himself as her intellectual equal … Collocations dictionary
equal — 1 adjective 1 SAME the same in size, value, amount, number etc as something else: Jennifer cut the cake into six equal pieces. (+ to): A pound is roughly equal to 500 grams. | of equal power/strength/weight: Choose two stones of roughly equal… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
equal — e|qual1 [ ikwəl ] adjective *** 1. ) the same in value, amount, or size: All the workers have an equal share in the profits. equal to: They receive an income equal to the value of the goods they produce. equal in value/size/quality etc.: A wall,… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
equal — I UK [ˈiːkwəl] / US [ˈɪkwəl] adjective *** 1) the same in value, amount, or size All the workers have an equal share in the profits. of equal value/size/quality etc: His wife was doing work of equal importance. equal in value/size/quality etc: An … English dictionary
equal — Like, like ā like, lua, kaulike, pa i; pa i ā pa i (as two persons); pa i kau (rare). ♦ Without equal, ana ole; lua ole; launa ole; a ohe mea nāna e pa i i ke po o (see po o). ♦ Equal ratio, lakio like, lakio like kūpono. See saying,… … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Equal temperament — is a musical temperament, or a system of tuning in which every pair of adjacent notes has an identical frequency ratio. In equal temperament tunings an interval mdash; usually the octave mdash; is divided into a series of equal steps (equal… … Wikipedia
