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similar

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similar /ˈsɪməlɚ/ adjective
similar
/ˈsɪməlɚ/
adjective
Learner's definition of SIMILAR
[more similar; most similar]
: almost the same as someone or something else相像的;相似的
opposite dissimilar
IELTS BNC: 543 COCA: 720

similar

adjective

sim·​i·​lar ˈsi-mə-lər How to pronounce similar (audio)
ˈsim-lər
1
: having characteristics in common : strictly comparable
2
: alike in substance or essentials : corresponding
no two animal habitats are exactly similar W. H. Dowdeswell
3
: not differing in shape but only in size or position
similar triangles
similar polygons
similarly adverb
Choose the Right Synonym for similar

similar, analogous, parallel mean closely resembling each other.

similar implies the possibility of being mistaken for each other.

all the houses in the development are similar

analogous applies to things belonging in essentially different categories but nevertheless having many similarities.

analogous political systems

parallel suggests a marked likeness in the development of two things.

the parallel careers of two movie stars

Example Sentences

This month, General Electric's health-care division will begin marketing a first-of-its-kind electrocardiograph machine in the U.S. Although packed with the latest technology, the battery-powered device weighs just six pounds, half as much as the smallest ECG machine currently for sale. It will retail for a mere $2,500, an 80% markdown from products with similar capabilities. Reena Jana, Business Week, 23 & 30 Mar. 2009 There's a reason boards of directors can pluck so many CEOs out of one company and plop them into another: When it comes to management ideas and tools, many companies are surprisingly similar. They have the same hierarchies and budgeting processes. Jena McGregor, Business Week, 8 Oct. 2007 Though the trends were similar, the new patterns of consumption varied both regionally and nationally, as they continue to do today. John Brewer, New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2006 Our cats are similar in size. You two look very similar to each other. They had similar experiences growing up, even though they came from vastly different backgrounds. We got remarkably similar results. I was going to say something similar. I would have reacted in a similar way if it had happened to me. See More
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Word History

Etymology

French similaire, from Latin similis like, similar — more at same

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of similar was in 1586
IELTS BNC: 543 COCA: 720
similar

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBSbe, feel, look, sound, taste相似;感覺近似;看起來類似;聽起來類似;嚐起來類似appear, seem似乎/好像類似become變得相似remain仍然相似ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常相似remarkably, strikingly極其相似;驚人地相似The three portraits are remarkably similar.這 3 幅肖像驚人地相似。basically, broadly, essentially, fundamentally, roughly, vaguely基本相似;大致相似;本質上相似;比較類似;有幾分相似countries with broadly similar characteristics具有大致相似特點的國家superficially表面相似Their experiences are superficially similar.他們的經歷表面上看很相似。qualitatively, substantially性質上/基本上相似surprisingly令人吃驚地相似eerily, uncannily怪異地/不尋常地相似The scene in the picture was eerily similar to what I had seen in my dream.怪異的是,照片裏的情景和我的夢境很相似。PREPOSITIONin在⋯方面相似The two houses are similar in size.這兩幢房子大小差不多。to類似於⋯Snake meat tastes similar to chicken.蛇肉嚐起來跟雞肉差不多。

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