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noun
- That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
- An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.
- The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
- The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
- A simile.
- With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
- 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.
prep
adj
noun
- One of two (or more) people facing or opposite each other.
- A small horse-drawn carriage for two people sitting facing each other.
- A sofa with seats for two people, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.
- A person holding a corresponding position in another organisation.
- A date or escort in a social event.
adv
noun
- A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.
- The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase.
- The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
verb
noun
- The manner in which two things may be associated.
- A set of ordered tuples.
- A set of ordered tuples retrievable by a relational database; a table.
- The act of intercourse.
- Specifically, a set of ordered pairs; a binary relation.
- The act of relating a story.
- A member of one's extended family; a relative.
- A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
- A subobject of a product of objects.
verb
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
noun
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- 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.
- A line of latitude.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- 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.
- 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.
adj
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
adv
noun
- Something kindred or related to something else.
- The child of a person's uncle or aunt; a first cousin.
- Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of one's extended family; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc.
- A member of the British intelligence services (from an American perspective) or of the American intelligence services (from a British perspective).
noun
- Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
- Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
- A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
- A very thin sheet of metal.
- A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
- A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
- In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
- One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
- A stylized flower or leaf.
- Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- The track of an animal.
verb
noun
- The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
- A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
- The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
- An automorphism of affine space.
- resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.
- A love interest; a paramour.
- structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
- An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds
- tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses
- Any romantic relationship.
- A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
- Any passionate love for something.
- A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
prep_phrase
verb
- To liken, compare to something similar.
- To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
- To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
- To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
- To become similar.
- To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
- To be incorporated or absorbed into something.
noun
noun
- The act of bringing things together and comparing them; comparison.
- An heir's right to combine the whole heritable and movable estates of the deceased into one mass, sharing it equally with others who are of the same degree of kindred.
- A collection, a gathering.
- The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift.
- Presentation to a benefice.
- A reading held from the work mentioned above, as a regular service in Benedictine monasteries.
- Any light meal or snack.
- The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, mainly in the case of inheritance.
- The Collationes Patrum in Scetica Eremo Commorantium by John Cassian, an important ecclesiastical work. (Now usually with capital initial.)
- The act of collating pages or sheets of a book, or from printing etc.
- The specification of how character data should be treated stored and sorted.
- The light meal taken by monks after the reading service mentioned above.
prep
- In contrast or comparison with.
- In a contrary direction to.
- In competition with, versus.
- In front of; before (a background).
- Close to, alongside.
- In opposition to.
- In physical opposition to; in collision with.
- As protection from.
- Contrary to; in conflict with.
- In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
- In exchange for.
- 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 counterbalance to.
- In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
- Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
- As a charge on.
adv
- Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).
- To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.
- Used to intensify an adjective; very much; extremely
conj
- Used after so or as to introduce a comparison.
- used before a preposition to clarify that the prepositional phrase restricts the meaning of the sentence; specifically.
- At the same instant or moment that: when.
- Being that, considering that, because, since.
- Varying through time in the same proportion that.
- In the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.
- Functioning as a relative conjunction, and sometimes like a relative pronoun: that, which, who. (See usage notes.)
- At the same time that, during the same time when: while.
- Expressing concession: though.
- Used to introduce a result: with the result that it is.
noun
prep
noun
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
adj
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in a certain style.
- Ready, prepared.
- Rigid, solidified.
- Prearranged.
- Fixed in position.
- Intent, determined (to do something).
verb
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
noun
- Something that differentiates a thing or person.
- The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
- A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
- Level of excellence.
- The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
- In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
adj
noun
- An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- A subtle variation in a concept.
- A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- Subtle insults.
- A candle-shade.
- A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
- Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
verb
- To shield (someone or something) from light.
- To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- To alter slightly.
- To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- To darken, particularly in drawing.
- To surpass by a narrow margin.
- To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
- To shield oneself from light.
noun
noun
- Something regarded as connected with or related to another thing by similarity in features or nature.
- A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
- A person who, or organization which, supports a demographic group subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation but is not a member of the group; specifically (LGBT), a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
- A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.
- An organism which is related to another organism through common evolutionary origin; specifically, a species which is closely related to another species, usually within the same family.
- A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
verb
- To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
- Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
- To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
- Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
adv
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- up to the present time
- used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
- within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time
- used after a superlative
- despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
adv
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
- in spite of; notwithstanding
- to the full extent
noun
verb
adj
- equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
- symmetrically arranged
- occurring at fixed intervals
- of the score in a contest
adj
noun
- an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)
- a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- one of two or more contesting groups
- either the left or right half of a body
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- an extended outer surface of an object
- a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
- a family line of descent
- a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- an elevated geological formation
- (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
adj
verb
verb
- To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
- To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
- To be similar (often used in the negative).
- 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.
noun
noun
- An exchange of two comparable things.
- A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
- A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at Oxford University.
- Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
verb
adv
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation
- despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
- without moving or making a sound
verb
noun
- a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
- (poetic) tranquil silence
- an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed
- a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
adj
- used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion
- not sparkling
adj
noun
- a reciprocal relation between two or more things
- 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)
- 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
prep
noun
- The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
- The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
- An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
- An absence of operators in an expression.
- Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
- The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.
verb
adj
- Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
- Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
- Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
- Depending on an antecedent; comparative.
- Relevant; pertinent; related.
- Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
noun
noun
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- a portion of a natural object
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- the extended spatial location of something
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- an item that is an instance of some type
verb
- go one's own way; move apart
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- depart for someplace
- move or break apart
- force, take, or pull apart
adv
noun
- A related but distinct thing.
- Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- A line of play that differs from the original.
- The modification of a hereditary trait.
- A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
noun
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
- an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
verb
adj
- Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
- Facing in the other direction.
- Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
- Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
- Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
noun
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- An opponent.
- A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
- An antonym.
- An additive inverse.
prep
adv
noun
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
- (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
- an abstract part of something
adj
adj
- Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
- Producing immediate response, spontaneous.
- Of or resulting from a reflex.
- Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).
- Synonym of reflective
noun
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