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analogous Adjective similar in some respects [Greek analogos proportionate] USAGE: The use of with after analogous should be avoided: swimming has no event that is analogous to (not with) the 100 metres in athletics.
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analogous adjective similar, like, related, equivalent, parallel, resembling, alike, corresponding, comparable, akin, homologous << OPPOSITE different USAGE The correct word to use after analogous is to, not with - for example: swimming has no event that is analogous to the 100 metres in athletics (not analogous with the 100 metres in athletics). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To make them run easily and swiftly, the axles of carriages are anointed; and for much the same purpose, some whalers perform an analogous operation upon their boat; they grease the bottom. In watching the course of the projectile they could see that on leaving the moon it followed a course analogous to that traced in approaching her. He is an illustration of the period of culture in which the faculty of appreciation has obtained such a preponderance over that of production that the latter sinks into a kind of rank sterility, and the mental condition becomes analogous to that of a malarious bog. |
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