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liken

[lahy-kuhn]

verb (used with object)

  1. to represent as similar or like; compare.

    to liken someone to a weasel.



liken

/ ˈɪə /

verb

  1. (tr) to see or represent as the same or similar; compare

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • unlikened adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of liken1

First recorded in 1275–1325, liken is from the Middle English word liknen. See like 1, -en 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of liken1

C14: from like 1 (adj)
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Critics have likened the display to the type of state spectacle more often seen in autocratic nations.

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Lucy likens her job to being a mortician or life insurance broker.

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Afterwards, he likened events to the Hollywood movie The Hunger Games and claimed to have an alternative personality of a "professional assassin", the Old Bailey has been told.

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Mayor Karen Bass even likened the deployment to “an experiment” that nobody asked to be a part of.

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Frank, praised for his methodical detail, has likened managing in the Premier League to being a head chef in a high-end restaurant.

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