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analogy

English

Etymology

From Latin analogia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (analogía), from ??? (aná) + ????? (lógos, speech, reckoning)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??næl?d??i/

Noun

analogy (countable and uncountable, plural analogies)

  1. A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
    • 1983, "How to Write Programs," Time, 3 Jan.:
      Perhaps the easiest way to think of it is in terms of a simple analogy: hardware is to software as a television set is to the shows that appear on it.
  2. (geometry) The proportion or the equality of ratios.
  3. (grammar) The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.

Derived terms

  • disanalogy
  • false analogy

Related terms

  • analogue

Translations

See also

  • metaphor
  • simile
  • example
  • homology
  • parable
  • parallelism

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metaphors

English

Noun

metaphors

  1. plural of metaphor

Verb

metaphors

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metaphor

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