analogous
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- adjective
- /əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/
- US
- In many ways, hospitals in a county are analogous to individual people within a social network.
- an analogous situation
- closely analogous
- in an analogous fashion
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Watch on YouTubeWhite noise is analogous to white light, so.
- White noise is analogous to white light, so.
- And but I'll I'll draw and it an analogous scenario for us.
- But are there any analogous situations for this?
- What I'm wondering is what the analogous story is for black holes.
- And the making of the film was very analogous to The Walking.
- That makes them analogous entirely to nuclear weapons.
- Now the question is rape is loosely analogous to genocide.
- What we're talking about is how you are doing something very analogous to evolution.
- A pattern, by the way, is going to be analogous to other similar patterns, right?
- I think regulators are analogous to the referees at a sports event.
- That I know you've written elsewhere about translation or being translated as analogous to disability.
Examples
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White noise is analogous to white light, so.
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The structural logic of the molecule is analogous to the American stick-framed house.
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So you could call these analogous in terms of color, and you see this a lot.
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But are there any analogous situations for this?
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The outcomes of this study are closely analogous to their results and findings.
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And this is analogous to Project Gemini.
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Repetition in verse is analogous to tautology in folklore.
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Values are 0 and 1, which is analogous to yes/no or true/false dichotomies.
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Comparative studies of deliberate self-fashioning in the Western and non-Western worlds could unveil analogous strategies in disparate geographies.
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The relationship between these two theories is analogous; both suggest similar explanations for different phenomena.
Synonyms
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Having a similar appearance or quality
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Having some of the same qualities as another person or thing but not exactly the same
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Having very similar looks or qualities
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Similar in value, amount, or quality
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Similar in feeling or character to something like relief
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3.9
Similar in feeling or quality to something
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Having the same position, job, or purpose
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Similar in quality, value, or amount to something else
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Using a comparison to show how two things are similar
Antonyms
How Similar
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Analogous comes from Greek parts ana- meaning 'according to' and logos meaning 'reason' or 'relation', and it shares the same root as analogy. So something analogous is similar in a way that helps make another thing clearer.