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likenings

likenings is the plural of likening.

Meaning of likening

Noun

likening (plural likenings)

  1. The act by which things are likened; a comparison.
    • I sometimes, in musing mood, find myself making spontaneous likenings of inanimate to animate nature, comparing the qualities of things to the qualities of men[…]1841, The Ladies' Repository, volume 1, page 289

Questions about likenings

What is likenings the plural of?
Likenings is the plural of likening.

Words near likenings in the dictionary

  1. likenesses
  2. likenessing
  3. likenest
  4. likeneth
  5. likening
  6. likenings
  7. likens
  8. Likenses
  9. liker
  10. likerousness
  11. likers

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