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📏 Same distance apart 🔗 A similarity 💻 At the same time 🌍 Latitude line 🟰 To match 🪢 To make side by side 📐 A never-meeting line
to parallel

to parallel

7 4.8
To place something so it runs the same direction and stays the same distance from another
  • verb
  • /ˈpærəˌlɛl/
translation icon : poner en paralelo
  • When drawing the blueprint, please make sure to parallel the wall lines accurately.

And then they parallel park him onto stage.

Examples

  • Again he rotated the pencil clockwise until it paralleled the triangle's left side.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • To create a perfect rectangle, ensure the opposite sides are parallel to each other.

  • We can parallel the main road back, go for help.

    Green Room (2016)

  • We're going to flip that and make the second side parallel to the first.

  • I drew a straight line parallel to my grain.

  • I will have to get off and take the old highway that parallels the new interstate.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The gravel-and-dirt Haul Road, paralleling the pipeline for 400 miles, is closed to the public.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The 747 rolls along a strip of concrete that parallels the take-off runway.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The two train tracks must parallel each other for the trains to run smoothly.

Synonyms

to align
vsto parallel
89 3.5

To put things in a straight line or in the correct position

involves equal direction and spacing relative to another line
to run along
vsto parallel
15 2.5

To be in a line next to something, like a road

refers to making or placing items so they match direction and distance
to collimate
vsto parallel
  • Specialized
1 9.9

To adjust lenses or mirrors so light rays go in the same direction

applies this precise adjustment to equipment rather than everyday placement
to parallelize
vsto parallel
  • US
7.5

To place things so they lie side by side and run in the same direction

requires equal distance and same direction from another line

Antonyms

to diverge
19 6.8

To move apart and also become different, like roads or opinions

Phrasal Verbs

to draw parallel
7 4.6

Point out similarities between two or more things to show how they are alike

Compounds

parallel bars
2 4.7

Two straight bars standing side by side at the same height that gymnasts use

parallel port
  • Archaic
1 4.3

A socket on a computer that connects devices like printers and sends data across many wires

parallel processing
  • Specialized
1 4.3

Using two or more processors at the same time to do work faster

parallel circuit
  • Specialized
1 4.3

A closed path for electricity that splits into branches so devices work independently

parallel interface
  • Archaic
1 5.7

A connection that sends many bits at once between a computer and a device like a printer

uneven parallel bars
  • Specialized
1 5.5

Two bars at different heights used for women's gymnastics

parallel of latitude
5.1

An imaginary horizontal line around the Earth that shows how far north or south a place is

parallel operation
  • Specialized
4.9

Doing more than one task at the same time on computers or machines

parallel axiom
  • Specialized
7.9

In geometry, only one line through a point not on a given line does not meet it

Parallel Lives
  • Literature
8.4

A book of short life stories about famous Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch

parallel-veined leaf
  • Specialized
7.8

A leaf with veins that run parallel from the base to the tip like grass

How Parallel

to coincide
80 4.4
to parallel
7 4.8
to align
89 3.5
to misalign
4 6.7
to skew
9 4.8

Surface Forms

parallel infinitive
paralleled past
paralleled past participle
paralleling present participle
parallels third person singular

Etymology

Parallel comes from the Greek parts para- 'beside' and allēlōn 'one another', which you can also see in paragraph. So to 'parallel' something is to place it 'side by side' with another thing in the same direction or at the same distance.