Analogue Meaning
/ˈænəˌlɔɡ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAlternative spelling of analog.
nounSomething that bears an analogy to something else.
Sentence Examples
She had an analogue watch.
The shop sold analogue and digital clocks.
CEFR Practice Quiz
A mercury thermometer is an ____ device because it uses expanding liquid to measure temperature.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Traditional vinyl records are examples of an ____ audio storage format.
Word Origin & History
Equivalent to ana- (“functionally similar”) + -logue. See analog.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
""But if so, why do you see so many young children on steam trains - apart, that is, from being dragged along by their fathers, or grandfathers?
"I think they enjoy them because they are simply so different, so mechanical, so hot, oily and clanky, so dirty, so 'analogue' in a digital world. They are everything modern life tries to extirpate in favour of silence, smoothness and cleanness. Kids love that."
— 2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, page 56:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A mercury thermometer is an ____ device because it uses expanding liquid to measure temperature.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Traditional vinyl records are examples of an ____ audio storage format.