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Coequal

Definition: Coequal

Coequal

Adjective

1. Having the same standing before the law.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Coequal \Co*e"qual\, adjective. [Latin expression coaequalis; co- aequalis equal.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: Coequal

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Equality

Adjective: equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate; on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with; up to the mark; equiparant.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Coequal

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Taiwan

The JY is one of the five coequal branches of the political system. (references)

Taiwan

Although the basic responsibility for investigating mistreatment lies with prosecutors, the Control Yuan (CY), a coequal branch of the political system that investigates official misconduct, also investigates such cases. (references)

Bulgaria

Under the Constitution, the judiciary is granted independent and coequal status with the legislative and executive branches; however, the judiciary continued to struggle with problems including a lack of transparent and neutral standards for assigning cases; poor coordination between prosecutors, investigators, and courts; corruption; low salaries; understaffing; antiquated procedures; and a heavy backlog of cases. (references)

Political Rights

Nicaragua

The 1995 reforms to the 1987 Constitution established a more equal distribution of power and authority among the four coequal branches of government. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Coequal

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Herbert C. Hoover

1929-1933The duty of citizens to support the laws of the land is coequal with the duty of their Government to enforce the laws which exist.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Coequal

"Coequal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coequal" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%4175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Coequal

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

coequal

10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Coequal

Language Translations for "coequal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i barabartë (commensurate, compeer, equal, equiponderant, even, like, match, peer, uniform). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

еднакъв (alike, equable, equal, even, identic, identical, invariable, level, like, one, same, self, twin, unaffected, uniform). (various references)

   

Czech

  

stejný (alike, consistent, equal, even, identical, like, one, parallel, same, tantamount, uniform). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

متساوی ازهرنظر, متعادل ومتساوی , درشان ومقام وغیره . (various references)

   

German

  

ebenbürtig (equal, evenly matched, of equal birth). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ισότιμοσ (co ordinate, compeer, equivalent), ίσοσ (equal, peer). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

egyenrangú (compeer, co-ordinate, equal, in a par with, on a par with, peer, to be on a par with, to be ranked with). (various references)

   

Italian

  

coeguale. (various references)

   

Manx

  

cochorrym (equal). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oequalcay

   

Portuguese

  

co-igual, na mesma condição. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

egal (commensurate, coordinate, equal, equally, even, even tempered, evenly, fellow, identic, identical, level, match, peer, proportionate, regular, smooth, Square, unchangeable, uniform). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

равный другому. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

igual a otro. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

jämställd (equal, level), jämlike (compeer, equal, peer), jämlik (equal, even, level). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ที่เท่ากัน, ความเท่ากัน. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

eşit (commensurate, coordinate, equal, equi-, equivalent, even, iso-, on a par with, tantamount), (better half, companion, compeer, consort, correspondent, corresponding, counterpart, couple, doublet, duplicate, dutch, equal, fellow, helpmate, helpmeet, husband, identic, identical, iso-, lady, like, match, matching, mate, old lady, old man, old woman, one of a pair, pair, Parti, partner, placenta, spousal, spouse, the missis, the old woman, wife), denk (balanced, bale, counterpoise, equal, equivalent, large package, match, matching, well-matched), akran (coeval, compeer, contemporary, counterpart, equal, fellow, peer). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

рівний з іншим. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người ngang h ng (compeer, equal, peer), người bằng h ng, bằng h ng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Coequal

Derivations

Words beginning with "coequal": coequalities, coequality, coequally, coequals. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Coequal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chequed, Choquel, coquil, Coucal, Culquha. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Coequal"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "coequal" (pronounced kōē"kwul)
5-ē" k w u lequal, sequel, unequal.
4-k w u ltranquil.
3-w u lactual, bilingual, casual, heterosexual, homosexual, individual, monolingual, multilingual, mutual, perceptual, semiannual, sensual, spiritual, textual, unusual, usual, visual.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Coequal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-o-q-u"

-1 letter: calque, claque, cloque.

-2 letters: equal, quale.

-3 letters: alec, aloe, calo, caul, clue, coal, cola, cole, lace, loca, luce, olea.

-4 letters: ace, ale, cel, col, cue, eau, ecu, lac, lea, leu, oca, ole, qua.

-5 letters: ae, al, el, la, lo, oe.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-o-q-u"
 

+1 letter: coequals.

 

+2 letters: coequally, equivocal.

 

+3 letters: coequality.

 

+4 letters: equicaloric, equinoctial, equivocally, lacquerwork, loquacities, unequivocal.

 

+5 letters: coequalities, equinoctials, equivocality, lacquerworks, liquefaction, sequaciously.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Coequal


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 6F 65 71 75 61 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101111 01100101 01110001 01110101 01100001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#111 &#101 &#113 &#117 &#97 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 006F 0065 0071 0075 0061 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37817183876778

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Quotations: Speeches
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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