He is strange. I can only liken him to an eccentric millionaire.
•The poet likened James to a living statue of Mercury.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
liken someone/thing to — point out the resemblance of someone or something to. → liken … English new terms dictionary
liken to — ˈliken to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they liken to he/she/it likens to present participle likening to past tense likened to past p … Useful english dictionary
liken to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms liken to : present tense I/you/we/they liken to he/she/it likens to present participle likening to past tense likened to past participle likened to formal liken someone/something to something to say that… … English dictionary
liken — lik|en [ laıkən ] verb liken to phrasal verb transitive FORMAL liken someone/something to something to say that someone or something is similar to someone or something else: The human body is likened to a machine … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
liken — verb (liken someone/thing to) point out the resemblance of someone or something to … English new terms dictionary
liken — ► VERB (liken to) ▪ point out the resemblance of (someone or something) to … English terms dictionary
liken — lik|en [ˈlaıkən] v liken to / [liken sb/sth to sb/sth] phr v formal to say that someone or something is similar to another person or thing = ↑compare ▪ Critics have likened the new theater to a supermarket … Dictionary of contemporary English
liken — verb liken sb/sth to sb/sth phrasal verb (transitive usually passive) formal to describe something or someone as being similar to another person or thing: Critics have likened the new theater to a supermarket … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ˈliken sb/sth to sb/sth — phrasal verb formal to say that someone or something is similar to someone or something else … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Tertium comparationis — (Latin = the third [part] of the comparison) is the quality that two things which are being compared have in common. It is the point of comparison which prompted the author of the comparison in question to liken someone or something to someone or … Wikipedia
PHILOSOPHY, JEWISH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: WHAT IS JEWISH PHILOSOPHY? recent histories of jewish philosophy biblical and rabbinic antecedents bible rabbinic literature hellenistic jewish philosophy philo of alexandria biblical… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
