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# analogous

«analogous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Similar in some way, so that it can be compared:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (analogous)

### meaning for a pupil

Similar in some way, so that it can be compared: «analogous to» something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analogous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in science, maths and essays to make comparisons: a heart is analogous to a pump. In biology, analogous parts do the same job but evolved differently, like bird and insect wings.

### examples

- The heart is analogous to a pump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analogous/#x1)
- A school is analogous to a small town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analogous/#x2)
- Bird wings and bat wings do analogous jobs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analogous/#x3)
- This problem is analogous to the one we did yesterday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analogous/#x4)
- Electricity in a wire is analogous to water in a pipe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analogous/#x5)
- The two stories have analogous endings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analogous/#x6)

### note

Said «a-NAL-a-gus». Noun: analogy. Formal; everyday: «similar», «like».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «analogous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analogous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.