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Example sentences for "nearly equivalent"

  • Defn: A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively.

  • J is a compound vocal consonant, nearly equivalent in sound to dzh.

  • Less itself is a comparative descending, only when it diminishes some other quality: less little, if the phrase were proper, must needs be nearly equivalent to greater or more.

  • This is nearly equivalent to an assertion by Aristotle that the Graians were Pelasgic, for we know of no other pre-Hellenic race in Thessaly[166].

  • Nisi si is nearly equivalent to nisi forte: unless perchance; unless if we may suppose the case.

  • Non multum, as opposed to plus, is nearly equivalent to minus.

  • To what is accomplice nearly equivalent?

  • Scheme may be used as nearly equivalent to theory, but is more frequently applied to proposed action, and in the sense of a somewhat visionary plan.

  • Distrust may express simply a lack of confidence; as, I distrust my own judgment; or it may be nearly equivalent to suspect; as, I distrusted that man from the start.

  • It is nearly equivalent to fee, with the additional idea of being given honoris causa, as a token of respect.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    antique sculpture; apply himself; distant lands; natural enough; nearly allied; nearly always; nearly circular; nearly equivalent; nearly every; nearly full; nearly horizontal; nearly obsolete; nearly parallel; nearly round; nearly similar; nearly smooth; nearly spherical; nearly straight; nearly the; nearly the same size; nearly vertical; nearly white; practical point; shall tell; sulfuric acid; went aboard