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Liken
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lik·en
/
ˈlaɪ
kən
/
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[
lahy
-k
uh
n
]
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verb (used with object)
to represent as similar or like; compare:
to liken someone to a weasel.
Origin:
1275–1325;
Middle English
liknen.
See
like
1
,
-en
1
Related forms
un·lik·ened,
adjective
Can be confused:
lichen
,
liken.
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liken
(ˈlaɪkən)
—
vb
(
tr
) to see or represent as the same or similar; compare
[C14: from
like
1
(adj)]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
liken
late 13c., "to represent as like," from
like
(adj.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Dee would not be the first to
liken
today's insider traders to yesterday's
wildcatters and railroad barons.
Free news and information articles are usually poorly written and
liken
in
content.
As an example, some investment companies
liken
their investment policies to
those of insurance companies.
Managers who beg for patience often
liken
baseball seasons to a marathon.
Researchers
liken
that step to rebooting a computer, because a genome is akin an operating system that makes a cell function.
Experts
liken
stem cells to the seeds from which many body tissues grow.
Some
liken
the practice of rock-pile building to graffiti on the landscape.
Ostriches are descendants of dinosaurs, and the researchers
liken
ostrich movements to those of bipedal dinosaurs.
All pods use effective, cooperative hunting techniques that some
liken
to the behavior of wolf packs.
They
liken
bond ratings to pantyhose sizes and the buying of stocks in downturns to buying tuna fish on sale.
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