vergelijken — meaning in English
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English meaning
- assimilate verb To take in and fully understand new information or ideas.
- compare verb To examine two or more things together to note their similarities and differences.
- confront verb To face someone directly, often to challenge or accuse them.
- liken verb Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
Senses
vergelijken is used for these senses in English:
- assimilate (transitive, rare, used with "to" or "with") To liken, compare to something similar.
- compare (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
- confront (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
- liken Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
assimilate — full definition
- verb To take in and fully understand new information or ideas.
- verb To become part of a group or culture by adopting its customs and ways, or to absorb someone into a group in this way.
compare — full definition
- verb To examine two or more things together to note their similarities and differences.
- verb To describe one thing as similar to another.