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verb · transitive · rare

analogize

analogize · analogizes · analogized · analogizing

To express as an analogyTo express as an analogy.

Meaning

2 senses

To express as an analogy.
The teacher analogised swotting for an exam in terms of marathon training.
make an analogy
(transitive)To treat one thing as analogous to another.

Translations

2 languages

Forms

analogizes, analogizing, analogized, analogized

Base form	analogize · to analogize
3rd person singular	analogizes
Present participle	analogizing
Past simple	analogized
Past participle	analogized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	analogize
he, she, it	analogizes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

analogized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have analogized
he, she, it	has analogized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will analogize

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Close in meaning

make an analogy:analogise

Word family

3 related words

Relatedanalogy

Derivedanalogizable analogization

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

analgesic analog analogous analogue analogyB2 analysisB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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