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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)
- 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.
- 1983, "How to Write Programs," Time, 3 Jan.:
- (geometry) The proportion or the equality of ratios.
- (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
- plural of metaphor
Verb
metaphors
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metaphor
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