: the same in number, amount, degree, rank, or quality
: having the same mathematical value
: not changing : the same for each person
: someone or something that is as good, skillful, valuable, etc., as another person or thing
—used to say that one amount or number is the same as another
: to be as good as (something else)
: to produce something that is as good as (something else) or to do something as well as (someone else)
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