analogous
adjective/əˈnæləɡəs/
/əˈnæləɡəs/
(formal)- analogous (to/with something) similar in some way to another thing or situation and therefore able to be compared with it
- Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death.
- The two processes are not analogous.
- The national debt is analogous with private debt.
- The two situations are roughly analogous.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- appear
- seem
- …
- closely
- directly
- exactly
- …
- to
- with
Word Originmid 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek analogos ‘proportionate’ + -ous.
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