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Meanings of
liken
in English
Portuguese
equiparar
Catalan
equiparar
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To consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.
compare
equate
Portuguese
equiparar
Usage of
liken
in English
1
You used the verb meaning 'to place among' rather than 'to
liken
'
.
2
And I kind of
liken
it to a really complex red wine.
3
He dared to
liken
the forms of gods to those of men.
4
But many
liken
it rather to a joyous song of love triumphant.
5
We
liken
God to the Sun, which gives us all our life.
6
I
liken
the concept of Summly to CliffsNotes, but for the web.
7
I
liken
the hip hop to rock, where they both went counter-cultural.
8
And he said: To what shall we
liken
the kingdom of God?
9
Do we
liken
it to the crackling of thorns under a pot?
10
The best analogy is to
liken
the penal system to the health service.
11
For children, this is especially important, as they often
liken
comfort with familiarity.
12
Some
liken
it to the fall of communism in eastern Europe in 1989.
13
To
liken
Merkel's government to anything remotely fascist is simply misinformed.
14
I
liken
the process to seeing ghosts: the ideas are always there, half-formed.
15
Would you
liken
his role to your role as Prime Minister?
16
Some
liken
these arrangements to prostitution, but I'm not sure if that's true.
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liken
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
liken to
liken police
liken a flight
liken air
liken austrian
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Translations for
liken
Portuguese
equiparar
Catalan
equiparar
Liken
through the time
Liken
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common