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analogy
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analogy
(noun)
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analogy
/ə
ˈ
næləʤi/
noun
plural
analogies
analogy
/ə
ˈ
næləʤi/
noun
plural
analogies
Learner's definition of ANALOGY
1
[
count
]
:
a comparison of two things based on their being alike in some way
He
drew/made an analogy
between flying a kite and fishing. [=he compared flying a kite to fishing; he said that flying a kite was like fishing]
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:
the act of comparing two things that are alike in some way
coining new words by
analogy
to/with existing ones [=coining new words so that they are formed in a way similar to old ones]
reasoning by
analogy
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