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How to pronounce akin in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms kindred


a feeling akin to terror.
Type Words
Synonyms blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin

Examples of akin

akin
It has become something akin to the local bar in college where friends hang out.
From the gothamgal.com
Individual spins are akin to tiny bar magnets, which have north and south poles.
From the sciencedaily.com
To those who have played for and against him, Cambiaso's skill is akin to magic.
From the telegraph.co.uk
For some in Batavia, it will be a somber moment, akin to losing a family member.
From the dailyherald.com
The vehicle also has to land on a rough landscape, akin to a lunar landing site.
From the newscientist.com
He showed that erasing information is akin to a decrease in entropy or disorder.
From the newscientist.com
Ackley's batting style is much more akin to George Brett than, say, Ryan Howard.
From the newsobserver.com
This is akin to claiming that the only thing that counts in wrestling is weight.
From the cnn.com
The Lakers put on something akin to a clinic while leading from start to finish.
From the dailynews.com
More examples
  • Akin(p): similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector"
  • Akin(p): related by blood
  • Akin may refer to:
  • Akin is a hybrid adventure/platform game created by the Dutch amateur software producer Parallax for the MSX-2 home computer system. ...
  • Of the same kin; related by blood; Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind
  • (A-KIN), pronoun: Mine