PARALLEL
verb
Definitions
- 1. To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else. The needle . . . doth parallel and place itself upon the true meridian. Sir T. Browne.
- 2. Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like. His life is paralleled Even with the stroke and line of his great justice. Shak.
- 3. To equal; to match; to correspond to. Shak.
- 4. To produce or adduce as a parallel. [R.] Locke. My young remembrance can not parallel A fellow to it. Shak.
Other Definitions
This word also has 2 other definitions:
PARALLEL
(adjective)
1. Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes. Revolutions . . . parallel to the equinoctia...
PARALLEL
(noun)
1. A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc. Who made the spider parallels ...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
