Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to parallel
Participle: paralleled
Gerund: paralleling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | parallel |
| you | parallel |
| he;she;it | parallels |
| we | parallel |
| you | parallel |
| they | parallel |
Perfect
| I | have paralleled |
| you | have paralleled |
| he;she;it | has paralleled |
| we | have paralleled |
| you | have paralleled |
| they | have paralleled |
Past
| I | paralleled |
| you | paralleled |
| he;she;it | paralleled |
| we | paralleled |
| you | paralleled |
| they | paralleled |
Pluperfect
| I | had paralleled |
| you | had paralleled |
| he;she;it | had paralleled |
| we | had paralleled |
| you | had paralleled |
| they | had paralleled |
Future
| I | will parallel |
| you | will parallel |
| he;she;it | will parallel |
| we | will parallel |
| you | will parallel |
| they | will parallel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have paralleled |
| you | will have paralleled |
| he;she;it | will have paralleled |
| we | will have paralleled |
| you | will have paralleled |
| they | will have paralleled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | parallel |
| you | parallel |
| he;she;it | parallel |
| we | parallel |
| you | parallel |
| they | parallel |
Perfect
| I | have paralleled |
| you | have paralleled |
| he;she;it | have paralleled |
| we | have paralleled |
| you | have paralleled |
| they | have paralleled |
Imperfect
| I | paralleled |
| you | paralleled |
| he;she;it | paralleled |
| we | paralleled |
| you | paralleled |
| they | paralleled |
Pluperfect
| I | had paralleled |
| you | had paralleled |
| he;she;it | had paralleled |
| we | had paralleled |
| you | had paralleled |
| they | had paralleled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would parallel |
| you | would parallel |
| he;she;it | would parallel |
| we | would parallel |
| you | would parallel |
| they | would parallel |
Perfect
| I | would have paralleled |
| you | would have paralleled |
| he;she;it | would have paralleled |
| we | would have paralleled |
| you | would have paralleled |
| they | would have paralleled |
Imperative
| you | parallel |
| we | Let's parallel |
| you | parallel |
Verbs conjugated like 'parallel'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'parallel'
parable,
parallax,
caramel,
pallet,
parade,
parallelise,
parallelize,
paralyse,
paralyze,
parasail,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to use as a model or pattern
- ape, copy, ditto, emulate, imitate, match, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, reproduce, simulate
- match
- correlate, resemble, correspond
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle French parallèle and its etymon Latin parallēlus, parallēlos. The verb is from the noun. See also para- and allo-.
Sample Sentences
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The needle […] doth parallel and place itself upon the true meridian. [1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:]
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Archaic covered bridges lingered fearsomely out of the past in pockets of the hills, and the half-abandoned railway track paralleling the river seemed to exhale a nebulously visible air of desolation. [1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness:]
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Racing on, we parallel the M5 doing 95mph, according to the app on my smartphone. [2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 66:]
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Although its spokesmen do not hesitate to parallel their oppression to that of blacks, the gay male community has chosen to ignore the voices of black gay men. [1984 April 14, Reginald Shepherd, “White Men's Black Men”, in Gay Community News, page 11:]
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These scholars argue that gender and sexual identity are like nature and the environment; they parallel the queer/performance connection to the environmental/performance connection. I consider, instead, how all these categories actively interact and overlap. [2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 119:]
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[H]is life is paralel’d / Euen with the ſtroke and line of his great Iuſtice: […] [c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 76, column 1:]
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He will ſteale ſir an Egge out of a Cloiſter: for rapes and rauiſhments he paralels Neſſus. [c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 248, column 2:]
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Macb[eth]. ’Twas a rough Night. / Lenox. My young remembrance cannot paralell / A fellow to it. [c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 137, column 2:]
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Who cannot parallel theſe ſtories out of his experience? [1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Importunitie and Opportunity of the Place, Conference, Discourse, Singing, Dauncing, Musicke, Amorous Tales, Obiects, Kissing, Familiaritie, Tokens, Presents, Bribes, Promises, Protestations, Teares, &c.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 2, member 2, subsection 4, page 587:]
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Many have exerciſed their Wits in parallelling the Inconveniences of Regal and Popular Government, […] [1680, Robert Filmer, “It Is Unnatural for the People to Govern, or Chose Governours”, in Patriarcha: or The Natural Power of Kings, London: […] Walter Davis […], →OCLC, page 65:]