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Similar

Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.

Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.

Homogenous; uniform.

That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

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Similar Quotations

The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside those limits.
Leo Tolstoy

Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.
Walter Cronkite

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.
James A. Baldwin

We all gonna die, we bleed from similar veins.
Tupac Shakur

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.
Paulo Coelho

You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is subject to conditions similar to those to which physical perception is subject.
Maimonides

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
Homer

We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information.
Friedrich August von Hayek

We did not find it difficult to deal with Bush and his administration, because it is similar to regimes in our countries - both types include many who are full of arrogance and greed.
Osama bin Laden

When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a precedent. Pose issues so as to evoke broader policy guidance. This can help to answer a range of similar issues likely to arise later.
Donald Rumsfeld

Similar Translations

similar in Danish is lignende
similar in Dutch is gelijksoortig, soortgelijk
similar in French is semblable, similaire, de suite
similar in Italian is pari, consimile, simile
similar in Latin is propinquus, finitimus finitumus, assimilares
similar in Spanish is parejo, similar, semejante, cuan
similar in Swedish is lik, liknande, dylik

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