parallel
/ˈpæɹ.əˌlɛl/ verb C2- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
He/she/it parallels · Past paralleled · Past participle paralleled · -ing form paralleling
Verb forms
- Base form
- parallel
- He/she/it
- parallels
- Past
- paralleled
- Past participle
- paralleled
- -ing form
- paralleling
From the library
Ten steps with each foot took me along parallel with the wall of the house, and again I marked my spot with a peg.
The parallel is exact.”
Our researches have evidently been running on parallel lines, and when we unite our results I expect we shall have a fairly full knowledge of the case.”
Modern observers frequently draw compelling parallels between this nineteenth-century serialization and the contemporary landscape of prestige television.
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