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Definition of parallel verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

parallel

verb
 
/ˈpærəlel/
 
/ˈpærəlel/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they parallel
 
/ˈpærəlel/
 
/ˈpærəlel/
he / she / it parallels
 
/ˈpærəlelz/
 
/ˈpærəlelz/
past simple paralleled
 
/ˈpærəleld/
 
/ˈpærəleld/
past participle paralleled
 
/ˈpærəleld/
 
/ˈpærəleld/
-ing form paralleling
 
/ˈpærəlelɪŋ/
 
/ˈpærəlelɪŋ/
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  1. parallel something to be similar to something; to happen at the same time as something
    • Their legal system parallels our own.
    • The rise in unemployment is paralleled by an increase in petty crime.
  2. parallel something to be as good as something synonym equal
    • a level of achievement that has never been paralleled
    compare unparalleled
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French parallèle, via Latin from Greek parallēlos, from para- ‘alongside’ + allēlos ‘one another’.
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