Likened - English meaning

verb

Make a comparison of (something) with something else to assist understanding.

Usage examples:

He could analogize birth to the coming into being of a poem

verb

Connect (someone or something) with something else in one's mind.

Usage examples:

I associated wealth with freedom

noun

A partner or companion in business or at work.

Usage examples:

A close associate of the minister

adjective

Connected with an organization or business.

Usage examples:

An associate company

verb

Estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between.

Usage examples:

Individual schools compared their facilities with those of others in the area

verb

To examine or look for the differences between persons or things

Usage examples:

This store’s prices are high compared to what some other stores charge., [ i ] instant coffee doesn…

verb

Have a mutual relationship or connection, in which one thing affects or depends on another.

Usage examples:

The study found that success in the educational system correlates highly with class

noun

Each of two or more related or complementary things.

Usage examples:

Strategies to promote health should pay greater attention to financial hardship and other correlate…

verb

If two things correlate, or are correlated, they are connected, and affect each other

Usage examples:

Correlate to sth at this point, the advertising hasn't correlated to an increase in sales., correla…

verb

Consider (one thing) to be the same as or equivalent to another.

Usage examples:

Customers equate their name with quality

noun

A relationship between two things or situations, especially where one affects the other.

Usage examples:

A commission to investigate a link between pollution and forest decline

verb

Make, form, or suggest a connection with or between.

Usage examples:

Rumours that linked his name with judith

noun

A torch of pitch and tow for lighting the way in dark streets.

noun

A contest in which people or teams compete against each other in a particular sport.

Usage examples:

A boxing match

verb

Correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious.

Usage examples:

I thought we'd have primrose walls to match the bath

noun

A short, thin piece of wood or cardboard used to light a fire, being tipped with a composition that ignites when rubbed against a rough surface.

Usage examples:

He struck a match against the wall

adjective

(of lines, planes, or surfaces) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.

Usage examples:

Parallel lines never meet

noun

A person or thing that is similar or analogous to another.

Usage examples:

A challenge which has no parallel in peacetime this century

verb

Be side by side with (something extending in a line), always keeping the same distance; run or lie parallel to.

Usage examples:

A big concrete gutter that paralleled the road

phrase

Devise or invent

phrasal verb

Have a specified opinion of something.

Usage examples:

She did not think highly of modern art

phrasal verb

To have a particular opinion of something or someone

Usage examples:

What do you think of the new manager?, audiences did not think much of the movie.