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akin (əˈkɪn
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Definitions
adjective
- related by blood; of the same kin
- often foll by to having similar characteristics, properties, etc
Synonyms
View thesaurus entry = similar to, like, related to, corresponding to, parallel to, comparable to, allied with, analogous to, affiliated with, of a piece with, kin to, cognate with, congenial with, connected with or to
Translations for 'akin'
- British English: akin If one thing is akin to another, it is similar to it in some way. ADJECTIVEListening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.to be akin to sth | to be akin to doing sth
- Brazilian Portuguese: semelhante
- Chinese: 相似的
- European Spanish: afín
- French: semblable
- German: ähnlich
- Italian: simile
- Japanese: 同類の
- Korean: ~와 유사한
- Portuguese: semelhante
- Spanish: afín
Example Sentences Including 'akin'
"He cleared his throat, a short barking sound akin to an expletive.Riot
And Shelley, having known for longer than he, had already encountered something akin to loss, even grief.The Last Raven
SOMEONE once assured me that having a child is akin to a nuclear bomb exploding at the very epicentre of your life.Glasgow Herald (2002)
Smith's explanation of what makes the Lions such a tough challenge is akin to comparing it with rugby's version of the Olympics.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Some would argue that the West's infatuation with technical achievements is akin to the idol worship of Abraham's time.Globe and Mail (2003)
The women had been very close: Bonnie Lachlan had described the bond between them as akin to love.Stage Fright
There seems to exist a large and impressive body of evidence that points, as a whole, to something akin to reincarnation.Psychic Breakthroughs Today
Together they try to hold on to sanity while carving out something akin to the American dream.Globe and Mail (2003)
Yet it tends to be characterised as something akin to physical abuse.Spiked (2003)
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