liken
Followed by to or unto: to regard or state that is like another person or thingFollowed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
» What can it be likened to?
Womit kann man das vergleichen?
С чем это можно сравнить?
Значення
значень: 4(перехідне)Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
vergleichen
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(також, рідковживане, зворотне, перехідне)Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.
(рідковживане, перехідне)To represent or symbolize (something).
(неперехідне, застаріле)Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like.
- consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
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речень: 6What can it be likened to?
ruС чем это можно сравнить?
deWomit kann man das vergleichen?
We often liken death to sleep.
ruМы часто уподобляем смерть сну.
The hum of mating males has been likened to the buzz of a chain saw.
Al-Ghazali likens the emotions to a kingdom's tax collectors.
On the Web, I have met Japanese who would liken their country to cozy Guatemala. I call the phenomenon "The Guatemala Model."
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Походження
From Middle English liknen (“to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (From Middle English liknen (“to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; to take (something) as a substitute; to apply, be adapted or suitable; to tend (to sin)”) [and other forms], from liken (“to be comparable; to compare; to be appropriate; to form”), from lik (“alike, analogous, similar; appropriate, suitable; equal; homogeneous; identical, the same; indicative; likely (to be or do something), probable; possible; simultaneous; more or most like (?)”) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs). Lik is derived from Old English ġelīċ (“like, similar”), from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar; equal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“like, similar; even, level”). The English word is analysable as like (adjective) + -en (suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to make [adjective]’).
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Форми
likens, likening, likened, likenedСиноніми
синонімів: 2Антоніми
антонімів: 2Спільнокореневі
пов’язаних слів: 4Уроки до слова
уроків: 3- A1Present Simple: теперішній простий час — Бо це дієслово
- A1Past Simple: правильні дієслова — Бо у нього є форма минулого часу
- A2Present Perfect: вступ — Бо у нього є дієприкметник минулого часу