"analogy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/ Audio: En-us-analogy.ogg [US] Forms: analogies [plural]
Rhymes: -ælədʒi Etymology: From Latin analogia, from Ancient Greek ἀναλογίᾱ (analogíā), from ἀνα- (ana-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, reckoning”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{bor|en|la|analogia}} Latin analogia, {{der|en|grc|ἀναλογίᾱ}} Ancient Greek ἀναλογίᾱ (analogíā), {{m|grc|ἀνα-}} ἀνα- (ana-), {{m|grc|λόγος||speech, reckoning}} λόγος (lógos, “speech, reckoning”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} analogy (countable and uncountable, plural analogies)
  1. A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (relationship of resemblance or equivalence): analogie (Afrikaans), قِيَاس (qiyās) [masculine] (Arabic), անալոգիա (analogia) (Armenian), համաբանություն (hamabanutʿyun) (Armenian), аналогия (analogija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), подобие (podobie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), analogia [feminine] (Catalan), 類推 (Chinese Mandarin), 类推 (lèituī) (Chinese Mandarin), 類比 (Chinese Mandarin), 类比 (lèibǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 類似 (Chinese Mandarin), 类似 (lèisì) (Chinese Mandarin), analogie [feminine] (Czech), analogi [common-gender] (Danish), analogie [feminine] (Dutch), analogio (Esperanto), analoogia (Estonian), analogia (Finnish), analogie [feminine] (French), Analogie [feminine] (German), αναλογία (analogía) [feminine] (Greek), analógia (Hungarian), analach [feminine] (Irish), analogia [feminine] (Italian), somiglianza [feminine] (Italian), equivalenza [feminine] (Italian), 類推 (ruisui) (alt: るいすい) (Japanese), アナロジー (anarojī) (Japanese), 類似 (ruiji) (alt: るいじ) (Japanese), 類比 (ruihi) (alt: るいひ) (Japanese), b’analoġija [feminine] (Maltese), مانسته (Persian), تشبیه (Persian), analogia [feminine] (Polish), analogia [feminine] (Portuguese), analogie [feminine] (Romanian), анало́гия (analógija) [feminine] (Russian), схо́дство (sxódstvo) [neuter] (Russian), подо́бие (podóbije) [neuter] (Russian), nȃlika [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), анало̀гија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), analògija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), analogija [feminine] (Slovene), analogía [feminine] (Spanish), analogi [common-gender] (Swedish), analohiya (Tagalog), analoji (Turkish), анало́гія (analóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), naalog (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-analogy-en-noun-GB~Z5i9Z Disambiguation of 'relationship of resemblance or equivalence': 74 10 16
  2. (geometry) The proportion or the equality of ratios. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-analogy-en-noun-kJSVoONG Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  3. (grammar) The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (grammar: similarity of derivative or inflectional processes): قِيَاس (qiyās) [masculine] (Arabic)
    Sense id: en-analogy-en-noun-lDiNYB3V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with ana- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 17 63 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ana-: 29 23 47 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar: similarity of derivative or inflectional processes': 13 4 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: disanalogy, false analogy, proportional analogy, violinist analogy Related terms: analogue, metaphor, simile, example, homology, parable, parallelism

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          "text": "Yet the systole and diastole of the heart are not without their analogy in the ebb and flow of love.",
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          "text": "Is there any analogy, in certain constitutions, between keeping an umbrella up, and keeping the spirits up?",
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      "word": "類推"
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      "roman": "lèituī",
      "sense": "relationship of resemblance or equivalence",
      "word": "类推"
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      "sense": "relationship of resemblance or equivalence",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "analogia"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "nȃlika"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relationship of resemblance or equivalence",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "relationship of resemblance or equivalence",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "analóhija",
      "sense": "relationship of resemblance or equivalence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "relationship of resemblance or equivalence",
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      "code": "ar",
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