Associations to the word «Equalize»

Wiktionary

EQUALIZE, verb. (transitive) To make equal; to cause to correspond in amount or degree.
EQUALIZE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To be equal to; to equal, to rival. [16th-19th c.]
EQUALIZE, verb. (intransitive) (sports) To make the scoreline equal by scoring points. [from 20th c.]
EQUALIZE, verb. (underwater diving) To clear the ears to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.

Dictionary definition

EQUALIZE, verb. Compensate; make the score equal.
EQUALIZE, verb. Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope