akin
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5.1
- adjective
- /əˈkɪn/
:
emparentado
- From Egwene's perspective, she will see somebody akin to Sorilla: a formidable woman whom Egwene will respect.
Examples
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The truth is that we are always going to be more akin to those we have more influence over.
Blog text (17) -
The moral will, in accordance with the normal way of Heaven, is akin to a familial or communal will in that the will exists at the family unit or community level.
Academic text (2016) -
Where can I find in myself something that is akin to it?
Academic text (1992) -
Nick felt akin to them.
Fiction book (2001) -
In a sense, the warrior sees the management function as akin to logistics, a function central to success on the battlefield.
Academic text (1993) -
The obeah men are akin to the shaman.
Academic text (1992) -
I am afraid that any solutions are going to come from families and groups akin to the clans, which were the traditional units of human life.
Blog text (15) -
The Perez Jimenez regime, so closely akin to fascism, violated the limits that had been set by the most barbarous autocracies of the past.
Academic text (1998) -
It's well-nigh noontime, and here you be abed!" he bantered, speaking in the British Isles "lingua franca," Old English, a tongue akin to German.
Fiction book (1998) -
Even though they were not siblings, she felt an akin bond with him, as they shared many family traits.
Synonyms
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1.8
Connected by blood or marriage
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4.1
Born into the same family, not connected by marriage or adoption
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9.9
People who share the same ancestor and are related by blood
Related by blood, like brothers or parents
People who have the same blood, like brothers or cousins
Antonyms
Idioms
How Related
Surface Forms
Etymology
Akin comes from the old parts a- and kin, where kin means 'family' or 'relatives'. So akin literally meant 'of kin' and today it means 'related by blood'.