Similar Meaning
/ˈsɪm.ɪ.lə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHaving traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.
adjHaving the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
Sentence Examples
Your problem is similar to mine.
Your bicycle is similar to mine.
The basic design of the car is very similar to that of earlier models.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The two recipes are very ____ both use garlic and tomato sauce.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The two brothers look very ____, although they have different personalities.
Word Origin & History
From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams."
— 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
"Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads."
— 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The two recipes are very ____ both use garlic and tomato sauce.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The two brothers look very ____, although they have different personalities.