rough equivalent

Examples (10)

• The German word 'Gemütlichkeit' has no direct English translation, but 'coziness' is a rough equivalent.
• A town crier was the rough equivalent of a modern news broadcaster.
• In our legal system, a magistrate is the rough equivalent of their justice of the peace.
• For this recipe, you can use a teaspoon of dried herbs as a rough equivalent for a tablespoon of fresh ones.
• He earns the rough equivalent of a hundred thousand dollars a year in his home country.
• The power generated by this small solar panel is the rough equivalent of what's needed to charge a phone.
• Thanksgiving in the US is sometimes considered the rough equivalent of a harvest festival in other cultures.
• The ancient Greek concept of 'arete' finds its rough equivalent in the modern idea of 'excellence'.
• It's only a rough equivalent, as the original term carries much more cultural significance.
• Can you give me a rough equivalent of this measurement in metric units?