{
    "term": "analogy",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a comparison of one thing with another thing that has similar features; a feature that is similar",
            "sensetop": "analogy (between A and B)analogy (with something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The teacher **drew an analogy** between the human heart and a pump.",
                    "contextForm": "analogy (between A and B)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are no analogies with any previous legal cases.",
                    "contextForm": "analogy (with something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She suggested an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Wild West analogy does not fit here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is an analogy here with the way an engine works."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The computer is a useful analogy for the brain."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Language"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["appropriate", "apt", "good"],
                "verb + analogy": ["draw", "make", "suggest"],
                "analogy + verb": ["fit", "hold"],
                "preposition": ["by analogy", "by analogy to", "by analogy with"],
                "phrases": ["argument by analogy", "argument from analogy"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the process of comparing one thing with another thing that has similar features in order to explain it",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "learning **by analogy**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can understand this theory by analogy with human beings."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Language"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["appropriate", "apt", "good"],
                "verb + analogy": ["draw", "make", "suggest"],
                "analogy + verb": ["fit", "hold"],
                "preposition": ["by analogy", "by analogy to", "by analogy with"],
                "phrases": ["argument by analogy", "argument from analogy"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈnælədʒi/",
                "audio": "an/analogy/analogy__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈnælədʒi/",
                "audio": "an/analogy/analogy__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘appropriateness, correspondence’): from French analogie, Latin analogia ‘proportion’, from Greek, from analogos ‘proportionate’."
}