parallel

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/ˈpæ.ɹəˌlɛl/

adj 5noun 5verb 5adv 1

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

be, run

ADV

exactly | nearly | roughly

PREP

The new cycle path runs parallel to the river through the city center.

with

The two train tracks run parallel with each other for miles across the countryside.

(noun.)

ADJ

direct, exact | clear, close, obvious | interesting, striking

VERB + PARALLEL

have

The success of that small business has no parallel in our town's commercial history.

find, see

draw, make

The teacher made a useful parallel between photosynthesis and how solar panels work.

provide

PREP

without ~

Her talent for painting is without parallel among artists of her generation.

~ between

The teacher drew a parallel between the characters in both novels to help us understand the story better.

~ in

We can see a similar parallel in how both families celebrate their traditional holidays.

~ to

The situation in our company is parallel to what happened at their competitor last year.

~ with

The current situation has a clear parallel with what happened during the last economic crisis.

Definitions

adj

Equally distant from one another at all points.

The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel.

the instrument held with its plane roughly parallel to the equinoctial or celestial equato

Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".

The two railway lines are parallel.

When honour runs parallel with the laws of God and our country, it cannot be too much cherished.

Either not intersecting, or coinciding.

Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.

a parallel algorithm

Analogous, similar, comparable.

the parallel lives of two citizens

In those days she had admired his pluralistic openness of mind, and struggled, in her kitchen, towards a parallel eclecticism, learning to cook the dosas and uttapams of South India as well as the soft meatballs of Kashmir.

adv

With a parallel relationship.

The road runs parallel to the canal.

noun

One of a set of parallel lines.

Who made the spider parallels design, / Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line?

Direction conformable to that of another line.

lines that from their parallel decline

A line of latitude.

The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town.

An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.

Something identical or similar in essential respects.

It has also been suggested that environmental crimes might include the proposed crime of ‘ecocide’ or ‘geocide’, with proponents of this view attempting to draw parallels between destructive acts towards the environment and those against the qualifying groups for genocide. […] [M]any who advocate for the creation of either ecocide or geocide principally argue that the best place to try such crimes is through an apparatus created in a separate and environment-oriented treaty.

None but thyself can be thy parallel.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — something having the property of being analogous to somethin

noun — an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

latitude

verb — make or place parallel to something

collimate

verb — duplicate or match

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel.

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the instrument held with its plane roughly parallel to the equinoctial or celestial equato

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Upon interaction with ss- nucleic acid (NA) targets (deoxyribooligonucleotides (ODNs) or ribooligonucleotides), they form very stable anti-parallel and parallel duplexes [3 ], and the melting temperat

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The road runs parallel to the canal.

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Who made the spider parallels design, / Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line?

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lines that from their parallel decline

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, parallel is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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