analogous

«analogous» in Mova's school dictionary: Similar in some way, so that it can be compared:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (analogous)

meaning for a pupil

Similar in some way, so that it can be compared: «analogous to» something. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in science, maths and essays to make comparisons: a heart is analogous to a pump. In biology, analogous parts do the same job but evolved differently, like bird and insect wings.

examples

• The heart is analogous to a pump. tree →
• A school is analogous to a small town. tree →
• Bird wings and bat wings do analogous jobs. tree →
• This problem is analogous to the one we did yesterday. tree →
• Electricity in a wire is analogous to water in a pipe. tree →
• The two stories have analogous endings. tree →

note

Said «a-NAL-a-gus». Noun: analogy. Formal; everyday: «similar», «like».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «analogous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.