Makes two or more things the same or equal in quantity, quality, or status.
From 'equalize,' combining Latin 'aequalis' (equal) with the verb-forming suffix '-ize.' The modern form emerged in English by the 1600s to describe the action of making things equivalent.
In sports, an 'equalizer' goal is thrilling because it mathematically erases a deficit—language borrowed the concept from mathematics where equalization literally means balancing both sides of an equation.
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