analogy
🇺🇸
/əˈnælədʒi/
🇬🇧
/əˈnælədʒi/
noun
C1
A comparison between two similar things.
The teacher used an analogy to explain how cells work, comparing them to tiny factories.
C1
The act of explaining something by comparing it to something similar.
She made an analogy between the brain and a computer to help us understand how memory works.
translation
A comparison between two similar things.; The act of explaining something by comparing it to something similar.
Word Forms
Plural
analogies