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Definitions
Nearly the same or having shared qualities.
Word origin
From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”).
Used in a sentence
“My new car is quite similar to my old one, except it has a bit more space in the back.”
“Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Nearly the same”7 letters
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