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Meaning liken meaning

What does liken mean?

liken

— verb (= compare, equate) consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed

Synonyms liken synonyms

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liken English » English

compare equate compare to use a simile speak figuratively parallel match make a comparison illustrate identify correlate compete compare with analogize

Conjugation liken conjugation

How do you conjugate liken?

liken · verb

Examples liken examples

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Movie subtitles

There are those who liken Chinatown to a skating pond.
Scholars of Earth history liken the Ferengi to the ocean-going Yankee traders of 18th- and 19th-century America.
Now, I don't liken myself to Paul but I do understand.
And he'll kill you, too, if you don't start liken' him soon.
Wesa goen underwater, okeyday? Ah, my warning you. Gungans no liken outsiders, so don't spect a warm welcome.
That you liken your job to that of a parent, providing for their physical needs and molding their character.
At 9:35, I experienced strange sensations. which I can only liken to human dreams.
Gungans no liken outsiders, so don't spect a warm welcome.
Dat's why you no liken us, mesa tinks.
Yeah, I liken your situation to that of Pavlov's dog.
Those who hear your voice liken you to an angel!
I'd liken them to rocks, but that would insult rocks because, you see, at least rocks are useful to society.
If you liken all cars to dogs - this one is like a pensioner's terrier - you just open up the door and it's. (Yaps) Out, over your shoulder.
It gave him a feeling of joy he would later liken to. leaping tall buildings in a single bound.
After days of pointless rock climbing we were able to hunt down the unknown animal and liken it to its closest relative, the strange Tahr of the Western Himalaya.
A graze really, but you might liken it to a bad blow on the head. He started to go into shock.
I kind of liken him to the guy in the group.
His sister told me that his teacher used to liken him to an orchid.
Mesa no liken this idea.
I liken it to, uh, choosing the correct truth serum.
It may reassure you to liken terrorists to insects, but they inflicted great damage on us today.
Ahh, I liken it to the air on Everest.
I would liken it to Muhammad's brazen ultimatum that Prithviraj either apostatize or fight.
Otherwise, we're liken to. chop 'em up for slop or somethin'.
Mesa no liken this idea. But I think itsa what Senator Kharrus woulda dosa.
And I always liken us to like, four corners of a square.
And you liken me to a table-turner at a seance.
With regard to Chahamana's defeat and Muhammad of Ghor's conquests between 1192 and 1200, I would liken it to Muhammad's brazen ultimatum that Prithviraj either apostatize or fight.
You know, I liken it to, you know, field of battle.

News and current affairs

More alarmingly, some commentators liken Turkey's neighborhood policy to a revival of Ottoman imperialism.
Some liken Microsoft's behavior to IBM's infamous collaboration with the Nazis in Germany.
They liken the transition from communism to the state of nature described by John Locke.

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