analogy
Oxford 5000 vocabulary |C1|Oxford 1001 vocabularyACADEMIC vocabularya‧nal‧o‧gy /əˈnælədʒi/ noun (plural analogies) [uncountable and countable]
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Synonyms & Related Wordsanalogy[noun]Synonyms: similarity, comparison, correlation, correspondence, likeness, parallel, relation, resemblance
Contrasted words: demonstration, description, formulation
Related Words: ambiguity,
equivocation,
equivoque,
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English Dictionarya‧nal‧o‧gy AC /əˈnælədʒi/
noun (
plural analogies)
[uncountable and countable] [
Word Family: noun:
analogy;
adjective:
analogous]
[
Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: Probably from Greek analogia, from analogos; ⇒ analogous]
something that seems similar between two situations, processes etc
analogy with/to/between
analogies between human and animal behaviourdraw/make an analogy (=make a comparison) She drew an analogy between childbirth and the creative process.by analogy with Dr Wood explained the movement of light by analogy with (=using the analogy of) the movement of water. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsanalogy noun ADJ. appropriate, apt, useful | close, obvious A close analogy with the art of singing can be made. VERB + ANALOGY draw, make, suggest, use She drew an analogy between running the economy and a housewife's weekly budget. ANALOGY + VERB fit, hold The Wild West analogy does not fit here. PREP. by ~ (to/with) We can understand this theory by analogy with human beings.
~ between She suggested an analogy between the human heart and a pump.
~ for The computer is a useful analogy for the brain.
~ with There is an analogy here with the way an engine works. PHRASES argument by/from analogy Argument from analogy is not always valid. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲