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a·kin

(ə-kĭn′)

adj.

1. Of the same kin; related by blood.

2. Having a similar quality or character; analogous.

3. Linguistics Sharing a common origin or an ancestral form.

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akin

(əˈkɪn)

adj (postpositive)

1. related by blood; of the same kin

2. (often foll by to) having similar characteristics, properties, etc

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a•kin

(əˈkɪn)

adj.

1. of kin; related by blood.

2. allied by nature or inclination; having the same or very similar properties, qualities, preferences, etc.

[1580–90]

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Adj.	1.	akin - similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector" kindred similar - marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats"
	2.	akin - related by blood consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin, blood-related, cognate related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage

akin

adjective

akin to similar to, like, related to, corresponding to, parallel to, comparable to, allied with, analogous to, affiliated with, of a piece with, kin to, cognate with, congenial with, connected with or to It's an activity more akin to gardening than to reading.

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akin

adjective

Connected by or as if by kinship or common origin:

agnate, allied, cognate, connate, connatural, consanguine, consanguineous, kindred, related.

Translations

مُتَشَابِه، مُتَجَانِس

příbuznýpodobný

beslægtet

vergleichbar verwandt

apparenté parent

srodan

keimlíkur

simile

artimaspanašustoks pat kaip

līdzīgsradniecīgs

beslektet lik

semelhante

benzer

akin

[əˈkɪn] ADJ

1. → parecido (to a) → semejante (to a)

2. (frm) (= related by blood) → consanguíneo
they are not akin → no tienen parentesco consanguíneo

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akin

[əˈkɪn] adj

(= similar) akin to → semblable à

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akin

adj pred → ähnlich (→ to +dat), → verwandt (to mit)

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akin

[əˈkɪn] adj akin to (similar to) → equivalente a, simile a; (of same family as) → imparentato/a a

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akin

(əˈkin) adjective

(often with to) similar in nature. This problem is akin to the one we had last year.

akin

a. consanguíneo, de cualidades uniformes.

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The cavalier who had addressed Don Quixote again approached him and said, "Come with us, Senor Don Quixote, for we are all of us your servants and great friends of Roque Guinart's;" to which Don Quixote returned, "If courtesy breeds courtesy, yours, sir knight, is daughter or very nearly akin to the great Roque's; carry me where you please; I will have no will but yours, especially if you deign to employ it in your service."

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They sought out the painted misery and hugged it as akin.

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How near they were akin! how far apart they have wandered!

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They were brought from over the sea by the fierce Northmen, who were, after all, akin to the Normans.

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The strangeness of the figure, and its being so close akin to his own nature, attracted him.