akin
Americanadjective
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of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively).
cousins who were too closely akin for marriage.
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allied by nature; having the same properties.
Something akin to vertigo was troubling her.
- Synonyms:
- parallel, comparable, analogous, similar, cognate
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having or showing an affinity; kindred.
They are emotionally but not intellectually akin.
adjective
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related by blood; of the same kin
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(often foll by to) having similar characteristics, properties, etc
Etymology
Origin of akin
Example Sentences
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He’s advised the artists on Street Mob’s roster — Chino Pacas, Armenta, Chuyin and others — to view their time under the label as akin to a college education.
From Los Angeles Times
The structure of Paramount’s proposal was akin to a leveraged buyout, Warner said, adding that if Paramount was to pull it off, the deal would rank as the largest leveraged buyout in U.S. history.
From Los Angeles Times
The fear that using AI will “rot the human brain” is akin to the initial reluctance to allow graphing calculators in math classes, with teachers preferring graph paper instead.
From MarketWatch
But what if what Melville meant was more akin to how Guo interprets it?
From Los Angeles Times
A common refrain in the restaurant industry, especially among disgruntled servers, goes something like this: Every diner should have to work for at least one year in a restaurant, akin to mandatory military service.
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