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noun
- relation based on similarities and differences
- An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.
- That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
- the act of examining resemblances
- qualities that are comparable
- (phrenology) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
- (grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.
- The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
- (rhetoric) A simile.
- With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
noun
- similarity by virtue of corresponding
- compatibility of observations
- communication by the exchange of letters
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
- (uncountable) Newspaper or news stories.
- (set theory, countable) A relation.
- (countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
- (countable or uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
- (uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
- (theology, Swedenborgianism) A similarity between physical and spiritual things (e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love)
noun
- similarity by virtue of corresponding
- The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy.
- The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.
- (philosophy) The doctrine that matter and mind do not causally interact but that physiological events in the brain or body nonetheless occur simultaneously with matching events in the mind.
- (rhetoric, grammar) The juxtaposition of two or more identical or equivalent syntactic constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, introduced for rhetorical effect.
- (biology) Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor.
- (law) In antitrust law, the practice of competitors of raising prices by roughly the same amount at roughly the same time, without engaging in a formal agreement to do so.
- (computing) The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.
- A parallel position; the relation of parallels.
verb
- examine and note the similarities or differences of
- (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
- consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
- (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
- to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
- be comparable
- (transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
- (intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
noun
adj
- similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
- corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin
- (biology) Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous.
- Having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)
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- a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
- someone who communicates by means of letters
- Something which corresponds with something else; counterpart.
- Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
- A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.
noun
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
verb
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to
adj
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
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adj
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- the comparative form of an adjective or adverb
- (grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
- (grammar) An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
- (chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
noun
- drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
- A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
- an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
- the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
- (grammar) The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.
- (geometry) The proportion or the equality of ratios.
noun
- Similarity or resemblance to something else; likeness, similitude.
- (literary device) A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
- Something similar that's not a clone.
- a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with ‘like’ or ‘as’)
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- A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things.
- (multivariable calculus) The Jacobian matrix of a function of several variables.
- (calculus, of a univariate differentiable function f(x)) A function giving the change in the linear approximation of f at a point x over a small interval Δx or operatorname d!x, the function being called the differential of f and denoted operatorname d!f(x,Δx), operatorname d!f(x), or simply operatorname d!f.
- Any of several generalizations of this concept to functions of several variables or to higher orders: the partial differential, total differential, Gateaux differential, etc.
- One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
- The differential gear in an automobile, etc.
- A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.
- (differential geometry, of a smooth map ϕ between smooth manifolds) The pushforward or total derivative of ϕ: a linear map from the tangent space at a point x in ϕ's domain to the tangent space at ϕ(x) which is, in a technical sense, the best linear approximation of ϕ at x; denoted operatorname d!ϕₓ.
- (mathematics) Any of several generalizations of the concept(s) above: e.g. the Kähler differential in the setting of schemes, the quadratic differential in the theory of Riemann surfaces, etc.
- (calculus) A quantity representing an infinitesimal change in a variable, now only used as a heuristic aid except in nonstandard analysis but considered rigorous until the 20th century; a fluxion in Newtonian calculus, now usually written in Leibniz's notation as operatorname d!x.
- a quality that differentiates between similar things
- a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves
- the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
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- A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.
- a reciprocal relation between two or more things
- (statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
- (algebra) An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.
- a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other
- a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation)
noun
- the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
- the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
- the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
- (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) Antithesis.
- (countable) Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
- (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
- (uncountable) The degree of this difference.
- (countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
- (uncountable, medicine) Contrast medium
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- Resemblance; analogy.
- (games, countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
- (mathematics, countable) A set with the property of having all of its elements belonging to one of two disjoint subsets, especially a set of integers split in subsets of even and odd elements.
- (physics, countable) Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion.
- (agriculture, countable) The number of times a sow has farrowed.
- (computing) The count of one bits in a value, reduced to even or odd or zero or one.
- (uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
- (mathematics, countable) The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.
- (medicine, countable) The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks.
- (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
- (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
- (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
- functional equality
- (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity
noun
- the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function
- (organic chemistry) The relationship, between organic compounds, of being in the same homologous series.
- (chemistry) The relationship, between elements, of being in the same group of the periodic table.
- (geometry, projective geometry) specifically, such relationship in the context of the geometry of perspective.
- (anthropology) The relationship, between temporally separated human beliefs, practices or artefacts, of possessing shared characteristics attributed to genetic or historical links to a common ancestor.
- (topology, algebraic topology) A general way of associating a sequence of algebraic objects, such as abelian groups or modules, to a sequence of topological spaces; also used attributively: see Usage notes below.
- (geometry, projective geometry) An automorphism of the projective plane (representing a perspective projection) that leaves all the points of some straight line (the homology axis) fixed and maps all the lines through some single point (the homology centre) onto themselves.
- (genetics) The presence of the same series of bases in different but related genes.
- (algebra) Given a chain complex {Gₙ} and its associated set of homomorphisms {Hₙ}, the rule which explains how each Hₙ maps Gₙ into the kernel of Gₙ₊₁.
- (biology, psychology) The relationship, between characteristics or behaviours, of having a shared evolutionary or developmental origin;
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noun
- a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
- (music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.
- Any similar contrasting element in a work of art.
- An opposite point.
adj
- close in relevance or relationship
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
noun
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
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verb
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
noun
- relevant relation or interconnection
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- dignified manner or conduct
- the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
- characteristic way of bearing one's body
- a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily
- (in the plural, especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings') One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.
- (architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
- (architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
- Relevance; a relationship or connection.
- (heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
- One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
- (navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
- (architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
- (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part or reduces friction.
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- The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
- (mathematics) An absence of operators in an expression.
- (rhetoric) The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.
- The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
- (grammar) An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
- (art) Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
- the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
- a side-by-side position
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- a relation such that one thing is dependent on another
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- what something is used for
- (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
- a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
- (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- An official or social occasion.
- What something does or is used for.
- A professional or official position.
- (slang) A party.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
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adj
- being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
- connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
- (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
- (not comparable, music) Synonym of relative.
- (not comparable, in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named.
- Being a relative of.
- Standing in relation or connection.
- Narrated; told.
verb
adj
- closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree
- unchanged in character or nature
- same in identity
- equal in amount or value
- Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
- A reply of confirmation of identity.
- Similar, alike.
- Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
- Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
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- similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
- a duplicate copy
- (uncountable) Similarity or resemblance to something else.
- (countable) A way in which two people or things share similitude.
- (countable) Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin.
- A parable or allegory.
- (countable, geometry) A similarity: a transformation of Euclidean space that preserves angles and the ratios of distances.
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- A person holding a corresponding position in another organisation.
- (historical) A small horse-drawn carriage for two people sitting facing each other.
- A date or escort in a social event.
- One of two (or more) people facing or opposite each other.
- A sofa with seats for two people, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.
noun
- inherent resemblance between persons or things
- a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
- a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
- (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
- (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
- the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
- (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
- A love interest; a paramour.
- The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
- (chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds.
- (taxonomy) Resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.
- Any romantic relationship.
- A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
- A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
- (geology) Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
- A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
- (medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
- (computing) A tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses.
- (geometry) An automorphism of affine space.
- Any passionate love for something.
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- Having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned; accordingly or similarly, with respect to sequence, precedence, or hierarchy.
- One after the other; one at a time; in succession; successively.
- In response; in return.
- In due order; in proper sequence; in a determined or measured sequence, as a waiting line or queue.
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- an associative relation
- a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion
- the act of linking things together
- (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
- A connection or relation between things or ideas.
- A mechanical device that connects things.
- (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
- (software compilation) The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- (linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
- (US, politics, historical) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
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- The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
- (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
- Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
- The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
- A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
- (computing) Hiding implementation details from the interface of a component, to decrease complexity through interdependency and improve modularity; a construct that serves as such.
- (engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
- Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
- A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
- The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
- (euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
- An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
- The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.
- (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
- (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
- An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
- a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- the act of withdrawing or removing something
- an abstract painting
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
adj
- Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
- (grammar) Depending on an antecedent; comparative.
- (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
- (computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
- Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
- properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by ‘to’
- estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
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noun
- (linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
- (figurative) Something kindred or related to something else.
- Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
- a person related by blood or marriage
- an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
noun
- the quality of being similar
- a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit
- (geometry) A transformation (of a Euclidean space) that preserves angles and the ratios of distances
- (philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.
- Closeness of appearance to something else.
- (mathematics, linear algebra) The property of two matrices being similar.
prep
- In contrast or comparison with.
- In opposition to.
- In front of; before (a background).
- In physical opposition to; in collision with.
- As protection from.
- (Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
- As a charge on.
- In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
- In competition with, versus.
- Contrary to; in conflict with.
- In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
- As counterbalance to.
- Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
- In exchange for.
- Close to, alongside.
- In a contrary direction to.
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- consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
- (rare) To represent or symbolize (something).
- (also reflexive, rare) Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.
- Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
noun
- a distinguishing difference between similar things or people
- a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
- high status importance owing to marked superiority
- an honor awarded to someone in recognition of achievement or superiority
- The act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination.
- (specifically) A feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; the quality of being distinguished.
- That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination.
- A feature that causes someone or something to stand out from others of its type.
noun
- relation based on similarities and differences
- An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.
- That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
- the act of examining resemblances
- qualities that are comparable
- (phrenology) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
- (grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.
- The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
- (rhetoric) A simile.
- With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
noun
- similarity by virtue of corresponding
- compatibility of observations
- communication by the exchange of letters
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
- (uncountable) Newspaper or news stories.
- (set theory, countable) A relation.
- (countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
- (countable or uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
- (uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
- (theology, Swedenborgianism) A similarity between physical and spiritual things (e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love)
noun
- similarity by virtue of corresponding
- The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy.
- The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.
- (philosophy) The doctrine that matter and mind do not causally interact but that physiological events in the brain or body nonetheless occur simultaneously with matching events in the mind.
- (rhetoric, grammar) The juxtaposition of two or more identical or equivalent syntactic constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, introduced for rhetorical effect.
- (biology) Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor.
- (law) In antitrust law, the practice of competitors of raising prices by roughly the same amount at roughly the same time, without engaging in a formal agreement to do so.
- (computing) The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.
- A parallel position; the relation of parallels.
noun
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
verb
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to
adj
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
adv
noun
- drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
- A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
- an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
- the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
- (grammar) The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.
- (geometry) The proportion or the equality of ratios.
noun
- Similarity or resemblance to something else; likeness, similitude.
- (literary device) A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
- Something similar that's not a clone.
- a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with ‘like’ or ‘as’)
noun
- A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things.
- (multivariable calculus) The Jacobian matrix of a function of several variables.
- (calculus, of a univariate differentiable function f(x)) A function giving the change in the linear approximation of f at a point x over a small interval Δx or operatorname d!x, the function being called the differential of f and denoted operatorname d!f(x,Δx), operatorname d!f(x), or simply operatorname d!f.
- Any of several generalizations of this concept to functions of several variables or to higher orders: the partial differential, total differential, Gateaux differential, etc.
- One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
- The differential gear in an automobile, etc.
- A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.
- (differential geometry, of a smooth map ϕ between smooth manifolds) The pushforward or total derivative of ϕ: a linear map from the tangent space at a point x in ϕ's domain to the tangent space at ϕ(x) which is, in a technical sense, the best linear approximation of ϕ at x; denoted operatorname d!ϕₓ.
- (mathematics) Any of several generalizations of the concept(s) above: e.g. the Kähler differential in the setting of schemes, the quadratic differential in the theory of Riemann surfaces, etc.
- (calculus) A quantity representing an infinitesimal change in a variable, now only used as a heuristic aid except in nonstandard analysis but considered rigorous until the 20th century; a fluxion in Newtonian calculus, now usually written in Leibniz's notation as operatorname d!x.
- a quality that differentiates between similar things
- a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves
- the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
adj
noun
- A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.
- a reciprocal relation between two or more things
- (statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
- (algebra) An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.
- a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other
- a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation)
noun
- the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
- the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
- the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
- (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) Antithesis.
- (countable) Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
- (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
- (uncountable) The degree of this difference.
- (countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
- (uncountable, medicine) Contrast medium
verb
noun
- Resemblance; analogy.
- (games, countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
- (mathematics, countable) A set with the property of having all of its elements belonging to one of two disjoint subsets, especially a set of integers split in subsets of even and odd elements.
- (physics, countable) Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion.
- (agriculture, countable) The number of times a sow has farrowed.
- (computing) The count of one bits in a value, reduced to even or odd or zero or one.
- (uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
- (mathematics, countable) The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.
- (medicine, countable) The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks.
- (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
- (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
- (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
- functional equality
- (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity
noun
- the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function
- (organic chemistry) The relationship, between organic compounds, of being in the same homologous series.
- (chemistry) The relationship, between elements, of being in the same group of the periodic table.
- (geometry, projective geometry) specifically, such relationship in the context of the geometry of perspective.
- (anthropology) The relationship, between temporally separated human beliefs, practices or artefacts, of possessing shared characteristics attributed to genetic or historical links to a common ancestor.
- (topology, algebraic topology) A general way of associating a sequence of algebraic objects, such as abelian groups or modules, to a sequence of topological spaces; also used attributively: see Usage notes below.
- (geometry, projective geometry) An automorphism of the projective plane (representing a perspective projection) that leaves all the points of some straight line (the homology axis) fixed and maps all the lines through some single point (the homology centre) onto themselves.
- (genetics) The presence of the same series of bases in different but related genes.
- (algebra) Given a chain complex {Gₙ} and its associated set of homomorphisms {Hₙ}, the rule which explains how each Hₙ maps Gₙ into the kernel of Gₙ₊₁.
- (biology, psychology) The relationship, between characteristics or behaviours, of having a shared evolutionary or developmental origin;
noun
- relevant relation or interconnection
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- dignified manner or conduct
- the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
- characteristic way of bearing one's body
- a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily
- (in the plural, especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings') One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.
- (architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
- (architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
- Relevance; a relationship or connection.
- (heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
- One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
- (navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
- (architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
- (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part or reduces friction.
adj
verb
noun
- The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
- (mathematics) An absence of operators in an expression.
- (rhetoric) The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.
- The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
- (grammar) An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
- (art) Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
- the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
- a side-by-side position
verb
noun
- a relation such that one thing is dependent on another
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- what something is used for
- (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
- a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
- (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- An official or social occasion.
- What something does or is used for.
- A professional or official position.
- (slang) A party.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
verb
noun
- similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
- a duplicate copy
- (uncountable) Similarity or resemblance to something else.
- (countable) A way in which two people or things share similitude.
- (countable) Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin.
- A parable or allegory.
- (countable, geometry) A similarity: a transformation of Euclidean space that preserves angles and the ratios of distances.
noun
- inherent resemblance between persons or things
- a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
- a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
- (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
- (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
- the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
- (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
- A love interest; a paramour.
- The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
- (chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds.
- (taxonomy) Resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.
- Any romantic relationship.
- A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
- A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
- (geology) Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
- A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
- (medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
- (computing) A tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses.
- (geometry) An automorphism of affine space.
- Any passionate love for something.
noun
- an associative relation
- a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion
- the act of linking things together
- (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
- A connection or relation between things or ideas.
- A mechanical device that connects things.
- (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
- (software compilation) The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- (linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
- (US, politics, historical) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
noun
- The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
- (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
- Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
- The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
- A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
- (computing) Hiding implementation details from the interface of a component, to decrease complexity through interdependency and improve modularity; a construct that serves as such.
- (engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
- Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
- A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
- The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
- (euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
- An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
- The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.
- (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
- (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
- An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
- a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- the act of withdrawing or removing something
- an abstract painting
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
noun
- the quality of being similar
- a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit
- (geometry) A transformation (of a Euclidean space) that preserves angles and the ratios of distances
- (philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.
- Closeness of appearance to something else.
- (mathematics, linear algebra) The property of two matrices being similar.
noun
- a distinguishing difference between similar things or people
- a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
- high status importance owing to marked superiority
- an honor awarded to someone in recognition of achievement or superiority
- The act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination.
- (specifically) A feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; the quality of being distinguished.
- That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination.
- A feature that causes someone or something to stand out from others of its type.
verb
- examine and note the similarities or differences of
- (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
- consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
- (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
- to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
- be comparable
- (transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
- (intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
noun
verb
adj
noun
noun
- the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
- the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
- the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
- (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) Antithesis.
- (countable) Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
- (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
- (uncountable) The degree of this difference.
- (countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
- (uncountable, medicine) Contrast medium
verb
verb
noun
- a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
- (music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.
- Any similar contrasting element in a work of art.
- An opposite point.
noun
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
verb
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to
adj
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
adv
verb
noun
verb
- consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
- (rare) To represent or symbolize (something).
- (also reflexive, rare) Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.
- Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
adj
- similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
- corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin
- (biology) Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous.
- Having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)
adj
noun
- a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
- someone who communicates by means of letters
- Something which corresponds with something else; counterpart.
- Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
- A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.
adj
noun
- the comparative form of an adjective or adverb
- (grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
- (grammar) An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
- (chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
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adj
noun
adj
- close in relevance or relationship
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
noun
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
adv
verb
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
adj
- being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
- connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
- (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
- (not comparable, music) Synonym of relative.
- (not comparable, in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named.
- Being a relative of.
- Standing in relation or connection.
- Narrated; told.
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adj
- closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree
- unchanged in character or nature
- same in identity
- equal in amount or value
- Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
- A reply of confirmation of identity.
- Similar, alike.
- Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
- Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
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noun
adj
- Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
- (grammar) Depending on an antecedent; comparative.
- (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
- (computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
- Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
- properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by ‘to’
- estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
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- (linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
- (figurative) Something kindred or related to something else.
- Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
- a person related by blood or marriage
- an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)