noun
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That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
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A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.
adjective
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Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
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Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional; such that one can be had from the other using a sequence of rotations, translations and scalings.
Examples of similar in a Sentence
We have a similar sense of humor, I think.
The forest was similar but there was a trail I followed for a time.
Would he have taken a similar course?
She reached the top of the stairs and stared at a similar scene leading past the Arch and all the way up the park toward the city.
On being told that she was white and that one of the servants was black, she concluded that all who occupied a similar menial position were of the same hue; and whenever I asked her the colour of a servant she would say "black."
She opened her eyes to find all three gazing at her with similar guarded looks.
A similar moan of surprise and horror ran through the crowd.
A quick search yielded nothing, except similar worry to the first man.
All forms of online media are exploding in a similar fashion.
He closed his eyes, remembering a time when he'd made a similar choice.
Their sizes were similar, though.
Similar to 'my queen.'
All manner of breeds of dogs, cats, cows, and horses are bred in similar ways.
His features, however, were similar, his eyes identical.
In 2005, a biotech firm called Syngenta produced a similar rice it called "Golden Rice 2."
And the count gave a similar order to the major-domo and the servants.
The setting is similar to that of a cafeteria's, but this will be the best cafeteria food you have ever had.
There is also a children's menu containing many similar dishes just in smaller portions.
In habits these rodents appear to be very similar to the true flying-squirrels.
Even municipal institutions, which had never shown much vitality, were subjected to similar restrictions.
In the complimentary speeches delivered by the president of the French Republic and the tsar, France and Russia were referred to as allies, and the term " nations alliees " was afterwards repeatedly used on occasions of a similar kind.
Subsequently, to increase the strength, a similar flange was added below the rail.
As soon as she sat, another woman in similar robes with a flushed face appeared, serving tray in hand.
Few women wore similar fashions from similar eras.
She looked around the area where his desk had been and spotted a perfume bottle similar to the one he'd give her before.
She knew by their similar facial features they were brothers, and Romas's threat of hooking her up with one made her more self-conscious.
He wore a rose gold bracelet very similar to Romas's in all but color, and soft, dark boots.
He was much older with a full head of silver hair, a similar shade of dark eyes, and a lean build.
For a long moment, it was dark and silent, until the interior of the pod lit up with two screens, one displaying the empty space outside and the other displaying a control panel with writing similar to that of the battle planning station.
They discovered that they had led similar lives, both belonging to families of high standing and wealth.
All wore similar dreamy expressions to Toni's.
The so-called " long-and-short-haul clause," which forbade a greater charge for a long than for a short haul over the same line, if circumstances were substantially similar, was also robbed of all its vitality by court decision.
We all saw what happened on 9/11, and it is likely similar acts will occur in the future.
An institution upholding honor, the source of emulation, is one similar to the Legion d'honneur of the great Emperor Napoleon, not harmful but helpful to the success of the service, but not a class or court privilege.
You said something similar two days ago, before I became the mate of the Dark One.
He dropped a leather jumper similar to his on her lap and then returned to his cutting.
He was taller than average, over six and a half feet, built like a rock with wide shoulders and tapered abdomen and hips beneath a jumpsuit similar to those worn by the prisoners.
She tugged the heavy door open by its old iron handle and gazed into a large square of grass, a courtyard, around which many similar rooms with heavy doors were arranged.
Molly rolled one legging up to display a tattoo similar to the tattoo around Katie's neck.
No, a different world completely, but similar in that it has a sun, moon, oceans, grass, and stuff.
She tucked the creature in her hands under one arm and left the small room for a long corridor in similar dark grey which glowed more brightly from indistinguishable light sources.
There was no other purr aside from the constant, low hum similar to the hum surrounding electric wires.
It was allegedly her translator and emitted a low-level hum similar to the walls.
Ne'Rin returned his sword to a rack containing half a dozen similar swords in plain grey and approached Kiera.
She expected another similar chamber with a low ceiling and plain walls and was stunned at the massive cave before her.
The feel of the planet's life force through his body was staggering, the sensation similar to what he felt the first time he'd met his nishani.
She didn't want to talk to Evelyn and lay down soon after the feeling of the craft ascending-- similar to the pressure felt in a plane-- stopped.
Dean thought back to the fifteen years the two of them had shared similar meals and chores, with each sure he was doing more work than the other.
The whole business with Annie Quincy leads up to a similar suicide.
The other walls of the octagon-shaped command center were occupied by silent, animated screens similar to the one the underground security commander appeared on.