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analogy

/əˈnælədʒi/

Translations

analogynoun

analogies

/əˈnælədʒi/

The teacher used an analogy to explain the concept of electricity by comparing it to water flowing through pipes.

Le professeur a utilisé une analogie pour expliquer le concept d’électricité en le comparant à de l’eau qui circule dans des tuyaux.

Additional translations

comparaisonDans un sens explicatif, plus concret.

analogieLinguistique.

parallèleSouvent dans l’expression établir un parallèle.

Synonyms

analogyadjective

/əˈnæl.ə.dʒi/

Used attributively before another noun to mean ‘relating to or based on analogy’ (e.g., “analogy reasoning”).

analogique

Analogy reasoning can help students grasp complex scientific principles.

Le raisonnement analogique peut aider les élèves à comprendre des principes scientifiques complexes.

Definitions

analogynoun

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

The teacher used an analogy to explain the concept of electricity by comparing it to water flowing through pipes.

A correspondence or partial similarity between two things.

There is an analogy between the human heart and a pump.

A process of reasoning or arguing from parallel cases.

The lawyer drew an analogy between the current case and a previous one to strengthen his argument.

In linguistics, the process by which new words, inflections, or constructions are created or reshaped on the model of existing, regularly formed items.

The formation of the past tense ‘helped’ by analogy with regular verbs like ‘walked’ is a classic case of analogical change.

analogyadjective

Relating to or based on analogy.

Analogy reasoning can help students grasp complex scientific principles.