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- pronunciation:
- pae
r
lel
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun, verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
extending in the same direction and being the same distance apart at every point.
Parallel lines never intersect.Main Street lies parallel to State Street.
- synonyms:
- collateral
- antonyms:
- nonparallel
- similar words:
- even, side by side
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definition 2: |
having the same character or tendency.
They began to like each other when they discovered they had parallel interests.The style of the two authors is parallel in many ways.- synonyms:
- corresponding
- antonyms:
- divergent
- similar words:
- allied, analogous, concurrent, like, similar, twin
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related words: |
abreast, akin, cognate, comparable, coordinate, even, flush, same |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a plane or line that is the same distance at every corresponding point from another.
Line A is the parallel of line B. |
definition 2: |
a thing that is similar or identical in character or essential features to something else.
This horrifying event had no parallel in the nation's history.- synonyms:
- analogue, counterpart
- similar words:
- correlate, correspondent, equivalent, match, similitude
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definition 3: |
correspondence, or a particular analogous feature.
Many people are seeing parallels between this war and the previous one.- similar words:
- analogue, corollary, correlate, equivalent
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definition 4: |
any of the imaginary lines on the earth's surface that represent degrees of latitude from north to south.
The forty-ninth parallel of north latitude forms part of the U.S. border with Canada.- similar words:
- coordinate, latitude
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related words: |
compare, comparison, opposite |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
parallels, paralleling, paralleled |
definition 1: |
to make parallel.
- similar words:
- align
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definition 2: |
to be equal to; be the match of.
Her success paralleled or perhaps even surpassed his.- synonyms:
- equal
- similar words:
- match
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definition 3: |
to be or move on a course parallel to.
This street parallels the highway.Her life paralleled that of her mother in many ways. |
related words: |
correspond, emulate, equal, identify, resemble, rival |
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derivation: |
paralleled (adj.) |
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