equal status
collocation in Englishmeaningsofequalandstatus
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equal
adjective
uk/ˈiː.kwəl/us/ˈiː.kwəl/
the same in amount, number, ...
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status
noun
uk/ˈsteɪ.təs/us/ˈsteɪ.t̬əs/
an accepted or official position, especially in a ...
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(Definition ofequalandstatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofequal status
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No theory of economy will give themequalstatus.
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In international society, states recognise each other as legitimate entities and are prepared to give each otherequalstatus.
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Some difficulties with this model are pointed out : for example, unnatural and natural rules haveequalstatus, and words are hard to separate into morphemes.
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Peasant women were grantedequalstatuswith the men in their households and the right to take part in village assemblies.
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For this objection to work, one must treat the background proposition and the official proposition as havingequalstatus.
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Men may have preferences for wives of lower orequalstatusbut not higher.
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But even though all languages theoretically haveequalstatus, it proves difficult to adhere to this principle in practice.
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In talking to addressees ofequalstatusabout referents of higher status, speakers used a large variety of terms.
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Women who are wives or sisters of men ofequalstatus, however, are connections between men which can transcend commercial relationships.
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It is the first time that most young people spend most of their time with other people of relativelyequalstatusto themselves.
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Interestingly style was givenequalstatuswith penning, but no category for 'command' was here included.
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We all agree that to look at things morally is to look at them, in some sense or other, impartially, granting every person some sort ofequalstatus.
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These practices must ensure that needed goods are delivered at the points where they are (most) needed, and are delivered in ways that respect theequalstatusof the recipients.
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Martha is never grantedequalstatusin the exchange.
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We could simply say that the two possibilities hadequalstatusbut, if we are looking for a criterion for the default, it might be that of naturalness.
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Although by definition not a queen, from the absence of a regal headdress, her informal pose and inclusive attitude implies a rank ofequalstatusto the two crowned wives.
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Bibiane's performance of gham-khadi thus affects their relationships both with other families ofequalstatusand a variety of socially subordinate villagers.
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Now they are claimingequalstatus.
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Each of the three types of school - grammar, technical and modern - was considered to be ofequalstatusand was to be accorded 'parity of prestige'.
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They do not haveequalstatus.
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