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similar

[ sim-uh-ler ]

adjective

  1. having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:

    two similar houses.

    Synonyms: like

    Antonyms: different

  2. Geometry. (of figures) having the same shape; having corresponding sides proportional and corresponding angles equal:

    similar triangles.

  3. Mathematics. (of two square matrices) related by means of a similarity transformation.


similar

/ ˈsɪmɪlə; ˌsɪmɪˈlærɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. showing resemblance in qualities, characteristics, or appearance; alike but not identical
  2. geometry (of two or more figures) having corresponding angles equal and all corresponding sides in the same ratio Compare congruent
  3. maths (of two classes) equinumerous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Usage

As should not be used after similar: Wilson held a similar position to Jones (not a similar position as Jones ); the system is similar to the one in France (not similar as the one in France )
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Derived Forms

  • similarity, noun
  • ˈsimilarly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • sim·i·lar·ly adverb
  • non·sim·i·lar adjective
  • qua·si-sim·i·lar adjective
  • self-sim·i·lar adjective
  • un·sim·i·lar adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of similar1

First recorded in 1605–15; earlier similary, from French similaire or directly from Medieval Latin similāris, equivalent to Latin simili(s) “like, similar” (akin to simul “together”; simplex ) + -āris -ar 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of similar1

C17: from Old French similaire, from Latin similis
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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

Patterns similar to those in the Amazon and Pantanal have also played out in Indonesia in recent years.

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Something similar happened in Michigan that same year, and in North Carolina two years earlier.

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Turns out KPBS did manage to get similar data broken down by ZIP codes from El Cajon.

“I think the types of stories we do are very similar to what happened with hip-hop,” says Jones.

On Dec. 30, she filed a similar lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court.

Hopefully not overly close, but we talk about it in the episode how similar it is.

Cassandra, whose hair has already begun to fall out from her court-mandated chemotherapy, could face a similar outcome.

Rates are thought to be similar in developed countries around the world.

It, or a similar bacillus, is sometimes found in the sputum of gangrene of the lung.

A similar state had occurred that 'Karnak night' of a long ten days ago, though he had not understood it then.

The collection in the Academy I thought much better, but still far enough behind similar galleries in Rome.

Many times, in his dreams and in his waking thoughts, he had lived over scenes similar to this.

The wedding breakfast very much resembled the similar festivities at which most of us have assisted.

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