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How to pronounce liken in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms compare, equate
Type of consider, study

Examples of liken

liken
Abortion opponents say life starts at conception and liken abortion to genocide.
From the voanews.com
I'd liken it less to NASCAR or a Monster Truck show and more to Cirque du Soleil.
From the time.com
I can only liken it to visiting a store and finding all the goods priced wrongly.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Never heard of Farfetch but I liken it to oki-ni which is the place I often shop.
From the economist.com
The team liken their invention to the simple one-chamber heart of an earthworm.
From the newscientist.com
Republicans often liken the current political climate to the voter anger of 1990.
From the boston.com
This may seem like a strange comparison, but I liken Darlton to Christopher Nolan.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
Some liken the experience of a Turkish bath to a bubble bath without the bath.
From the couriermail.com.au
Also, you don't liken someone to athlete's foot unless you really detest them.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Compare: consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"
  • (likening) the act of comparing similarities
  • Liken is a series of children's videos in the format of musical films relating classic scripture stories from the point of view of a child's imagination.Liken is a family-friendly, all together good shows. ...
  • To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else)