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[ adjective ] being essentially equal to something
Synonyms Examples "it was as good as gold" "a wish that was equivalent to a command" "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt" Used in print (Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)When go represents itself and a complement ( being equivalent , say , to go_to Martinique ) in which boat did Jack go on ? it has strong stress ; when it represents only itself and on which is its complement ( so that go on is semantically equivalent_to board ) , on has stronger stress than go does . In the first of these sentences if by is the complement of come and Tuesday is an adjunct of time equivalent_to on Tuesday , there will be strong stress on by in the spoken_language ; but if a complement for come is implied and by Tuesday is a prepositional unit used as an adjunct , by will be unstressed or lightly stressed at_most . In the second sentence if drinking water is a gerundial clause and without drinking water is roughly equivalent in meaning to unless I drink water , there will be stronger stress on water than on drinking ; but if drinking is a gerundial noun modifying water and without drinking_water is equivalent_to without water for drinking , there will be stronger stress on drinking than on water . In the second sentence if drinking water is a gerundial clause and without drinking water is roughly equivalent in meaning to unless I drink water , there will be stronger stress on water than on drinking ; but if drinking is a gerundial noun modifying water and without drinking_water is equivalent_to without water for drinking , there will be stronger stress on drinking than on water . Related terms |
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