to liken
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5.1
- verb
- /ˈlaɪkən/
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comparar con
- In his speech, he likened the company's struggles to a ship lost at sea.
- liken the process to
- frequently likened to
It seems like you're saying, so you likened God to the best possible agent.
- It seems like you're saying, so you likened God to the best possible agent.
- And I always likened it to a series on TV.
- It was taken away for so long that I can only liken it to letting in the light.
- Some people have likened this to, you know, science fiction's Ulysses.
- And so in some sense the multiverse can be likened to a bubble bath.
- And I liken it to molding a statue of yourself out of clay.
- Expanding that likens it to Raisin bread dough that's left to rise.
- I think people this is what people do we when they are are confronted by a great evil, they liken it to some other great evil.
- So when you were born, I liken to a seed is planted.
- And like, so those types of people I would liken to hanging out with a comedian.
Examples
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Franklin, continuing with the metaphor, likened this grouping to cannons on a ship.
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Indeed, certification has been likened to state licensing procedures in its focus on health, fire, and safety issues.
Academic text (1996) -
I liken this to my journey.
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And we liken this to setting, like setting expectations.
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So it, it really is, I liken it to lean manufacturing.
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I have sometimes likened it to a play.
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And I liken it to molding a statue of yourself out of clay.
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Administration officials likened their war planning to a product roll-out.
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The role of a charrette leader can be likened to that of a symphony orchestra conductor.
Academic text (1991) -
America and Russia may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.
Synonyms
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1.4
To look at more than one thing and show how they are the same or different
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7.9
To compare one thing with another to explain it
Antonyms
How Similar
Surface Forms
Morphology
liken = like (transparent) = like + en
Formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-en' to 'like', yielding 'to make or regard as like', which learners can readily infer.
Etymology
The word liken comes from the common word like plus the verb ending -en, which means 'make' or 'become'. So to liken one thing to another is to 'make it like' the other, that is, to compare them.