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liken

[ lahy-kuhn ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to represent as similar or like; compare:

    to liken someone to a weasel.



liken

/ ˈ±ô²¹Éª°ìÉ™²Ô /

verb

  1. tr to see or represent as the same or similar; compare
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ô·±ô¾±°ìIJԱð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of liken1

First recorded in 1275–1325, liken is from the Middle English word liknen. See like 1, -en 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of liken1

C14: from like 1(adj)
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It quickly spread as a country club sport due to its foursome nature — many liken its companionship quality to golf.

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Attorney Jody Moore, whose law firm Johnson Moore represented Binger, Keyes and Thomas in their suits against the Krivitskys, likened the situation to “someone being banned from a child care and running a preschool.â€

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“I liken it to a bloom put on steroids from human-caused factors that make these blooms worse every time we see them,†Warner said.

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In an article for The Guardian, Mooney likened the detention experience to being kidnapped.

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She likened herself to a "well-seasoned traveller" who laid their clothes out on their hotel beds.

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