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  • 31similar — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, sound, taste ▪ appear, seem ▪ become ▪ …

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  • 32similar — adjective 1 almost the same but not exactly the same: We have similar tastes in music. | students of roughly similar abilities | These two signatures are so similar it s very difficult to tell them apart. | I saw something similar in yesterday s… …

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  • 33similar — [[t]sɪ̱mɪlə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ to n If one thing is similar to another, or if two things are similar, they have features that are the same. ...a savoury cake with a texture similar to that of carrot cake... The accident was similar to …

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  • 34similar — adjective 1》 of the same kind in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical. 2》 Geometry (of geometrical figures) having the same angles and proportions, though of different sizes. noun 1》 chiefly archaic a person or thing… …

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  • 35similar*/*/*/ — [ˈsɪmɪlə] adj things that are similar are like each other but are not exactly the same Ant: different We have similar interests.[/ex] A second study produced remarkably similar results.[/ex] Their situation is very similar to ours.[/ex] The two… …

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  • 36Similar fact evidence — In the law of evidence, similar fact evidence (or the similar fact principle) establishes the conditions under which factual evidence of past misconduct of accused can be admitted at trial for the purpose of inferring that the accused committed… …

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  • 37similar — similarly, adv. /sim euh leuhr/, adj. 1. having a likeness or resemblance, esp. in a general way: two similar houses. 2. Geom. (of figures) having the same shape; having corresponding sides proportional and corresponding angles equal: similar… …

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  • 38similar — (Del fr. similaire.) ► adjetivo Que tiene semejanza o analogía con una cosa: ■ conocí un caso similar. SINÓNIMO parecido ANTÓNIMO distinto * * * similar (de «símil») adj. Se dice de lo que tiene algunos aspectos o partes iguales que los de otra… …

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  • 39similar — adj m y f Que se parece a otra cosa o a otra persona, que tiene características o apariencias que se relacionan o tienen algo en común con las de otro: A esos problemas les damos un tratamiento similar , Sigue un comportamiento similar al de su… …

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  • 40similar — adjective 1) you two are very similar Syn: alike, (much) the same, indistinguishable, almost identical, homogeneous, homologous; informal much of a muchness Ant: different 2) northern India and similar areas Syn …

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