dissimilar

  • 11dissimilar — [[t]dɪ̱sɪ̱mɪlə(r)[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ to n If one thing is dissimilar to another, or if two things are dissimilar, they are very different from each other. His methods were not dissimilar to those used by Freud... It would be difficult to… …

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  • 12dissimilar — dis|sim|i|lar [ dı sımılər ] adjective different from someone or something else: two very dissimilar languages dissimilar to: a weaving technique not dissimilar to the way fishermen make their nets …

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  • 13dissimilar — UK [dɪˈsɪmɪlə(r)] / US [dɪˈsɪmɪlər] adjective different from someone or something else two very dissimilar languages dissimilar to: a weaving technique not dissimilar to the way fishermen make their nets …

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  • 14dissimilar — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, look ADVERB ▪ highly, markedly, radically, very ▪ completel …

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  • 15dissimilar — dis|sim|i|lar [dıˈsımılə, dısˈsı US ər] adj not the same ≠ ↑similar dissimilar to ▪ Madonna s career is not dissimilar to (=is quite similar to) Cher s. >dissimilarity [dıˌsımıˈlærıti, dısˌsı ] n [U and C] ▪ dissimilarities between the US and… …

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  • 16dissimilar — adjective Date: 1599 unlike < people with dissimilar backgrounds > • dissimilarity noun • dissimilarly adverb …

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  • 17dissimilar — adjective (often dissimilar from/to) not similar; different. Derivatives dissimilarity noun dissimilarly adverb …

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  • 18dissimilar — adjective families of dissimilar backgrounds Syn: different, differing, unalike, variant, diverse, divergent, heterogeneous, disparate, unrelated, distinct, contrasting; literary divers …

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  • 19Dissimilar air combat training — A TOPGUN A 4 Skyhawk and F 16 Fighting Falcon, two instructor aircraft at TOPGUN Dissimilar air combat training (DACT) was introduced as a formal part of US air combat training after disappointing aerial combat exchange rates in the Vietnam War.&#8230; …

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  • 20dissimilar autoscopy —    The term dissimilar autoscopy comes from the Latin words dis (not) and similis (alike), and from the Greek words autos (self) and skopeo (I am looking at). The French term autoscopie dissemblable (i.e. dissimilar autoscopy) was introduced in&#8230; …

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