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Complete Definition of "liken"

English

Pronunciation
lī'kən, /ˈlaɪkən/, /<tt>"laIk@n</tt>/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪkən|-aɪkən

Homophones
lichen

Verb
en-verb

  1. context|transitive|followed by to or unto To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).

#:The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.

trans-top|compare
German: vergleichen
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sv:liken
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vi:liken
zh:liken

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