HOW TO PRONOUNCE
analogy
/əˈnælədʒi/
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The second syllable carries the stress.
Start with a light uh and make nal the strongest beat. In the final syllable, g has the soft j sound of jam, followed by an ee vowel rather than a hard g.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“She explained the idea with a simple analogy.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does analogy mean?
noun
- A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
- The proportion or the equality of ratios.
- The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈnælədʒi/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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The Lycian Confederacy, as far as its principles and form are transmitted, must have borne a still greater analogy to it.
There is an analogy between them and that image of the horse which carries George Sand along on her impetuous course.
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It is needless to point out the close analogy at this point between the priestly office and the office of the footman.
It may be that I mistake an analogy for an explanation, but I put the theory on record for what it is worth.
Referring, for instance, to the chapter on the Reformation, the reader will see that it presents more than one analogy with the Revolution.