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analogies

analogies is the plural of analogy.

Meaning of analogy

Noun

analogy (countable and uncountable, plural analogies)

  1. A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
    • Yet the systole and diastole of the heart are not without their analogy in the ebb and flow of love.1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, chapter 6, in Essays: First Series
  2. The proportion or the equality of ratios.
  3. 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.

Phrases with analogies

Questions about analogies

What is analogies the plural of?
Analogies is the plural of analogy.

Words near analogies in the dictionary

  1. analogic
  2. analogical
  3. analogical modeling
  4. analogically
  5. analogicalness
  6. analogies
  7. analogion
  8. analogise
  9. analogised
  10. analogises
  11. analogising

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