(~s, ~ling, ~led)
Note: in AM, use '~ing', '~ed'
1.
If something has a ~, it is similar to something else, but exists or happens in a different place or at a different time. If it has no ~ or is without ~, it is not similar to anything else.
Readers familiar with English history will find a vague ~ to the suppression of the monasteries...
It’s an ecological disaster with no ~ anywhere else in the world.
N-COUNT
2.
If there are ~s between two things, they are similar in some ways.
Detailed study of folk music from a variety of countries reveals many close ~s...
Friends of the dead lawyer were quick to draw a ~ between the two murders.
N-COUNT: oft N between/to/with n
3.
If one thing ~s another, they happen at the same time or are similar, and often seem to be connected.
Often there are emotional reasons ~ing the financial ones...
His remarks ~ed those of the president.
= echo
VERB: V n, V n
4.
Parallel events or situations happen at the same time as one another, or are similar to one another.
...~ talks between the two countries’ Foreign Ministers...
Their instincts do not always run ~ with ours...
ADJ: oft ADJ with/to n
5.
If two lines, two objects, or two lines of movement are ~, they are the same distance apart along their whole length.
...seventy-two ships, drawn up in two ~ lines...
Farthing Lane’s just above the High Street and ~ with it...
ADJ: oft ADJ to/with n
6.
A ~ is an imaginary line round the earth that is ~ to the equator. Parallels are shown on maps.
...the area south of the 38th ~.
N-COUNT: usu the ord N
7.
Something that occurs in ~ with something else occurs at the same time as it.
Davies has managed to pursue his diverse interests in ~ with his fast-moving career...
PHRASE: PHR after v, usu PHR with/to n