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- having some of the same qualities; similar: They speak a language akin to French.
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uk / əˈkɪn / us / əˈkɪn / Add to word list. having some of the same qualities: They speak a language akin to French. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. looking or being almost but not exactly the same. similar I have a sofa quite similar to yours. like She's a lot like her mother. alike The girls look alike.
The meaning of AKIN is related by blood : descended from a common ancestor or prototype. How to use akin in a sentence.
If two things are akin, then they're similar or related. A cupcake is akin to a cake and relatives are akin to each other. If you know the word kin — a relative — then you have a clue to the meaning of akin. People who are related are akin, but the word goes beyond blood relations.
Meaning of akin in English. akin. adjective [ after verb ] us / əˈkɪn / uk / əˈkɪn / Add to word list. having some of the same qualities: They speak a language akin to French. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. looking or being almost but not exactly the same. similar I have a sofa really similar to yours.
1. of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively) cousins who were too closely akin for marriage. 2. allied by nature; having the same properties. Something akin to vertigo was troubling her. 3. having or showing an affinity; kindred.
Akin definition: of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively). See examples of AKIN used in a sentence.
"akin to" is an acceptable and usable phrase in written English. It is used to indicate comparison and similarity between two different things. For example: The novel's tone felt akin to a fairytale.
