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— William Blake

Tyger, tyger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

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To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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Dictionary Entry

analogues

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈæn.ə.lɔːɡz/

Something that bears an analogy to something else

In a Sentence

“The scientists used several analogues to model the behavior of the new compound.”

Origin

From French 'analogue', from Greek 'analogos' meaning 'proportionate'

Common Phrases

. analoguesanalogues syntheticanalogues nucleosideanalogues acid

Synonyms

equivalentscounterpartsparallelsmatchescorrelates

Antonyms

differencesoppositesdissimilarities

Related Words

analogparallellinearanalogsretardantsparallelscorrelatesmatches

Poetry examples for “analogues”

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