liken
verb (used with object)
to represent as similar or like; compare.
likened
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past participleof liken.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof liken.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
likenverb (used with object)to represent as similar or like; compare.
Example Sentences
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Starting Monday, Carney hosts an investment summit that officials have likened to a matchmaking exercise, pairing companies pitching projects with some of the world’s top asset managers responsible for investing over $100 trillion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
It was a response to a remark by India's Chief Justice Surya Kant, who had likened jobless youngsters to cockroaches.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Senate whose winning primary campaign former New York Times columnist Charles Blow likened to Obama’s 2008 faceoff against Hillary Clinton.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Steinem had likened wearing the bunny suit to feeling like meat on a hook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
It was no accident that kings and prophets styled themselves as shepherds and likened the way they and the gods cared for their people to a shepherd’s care for his flock.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
