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UK
/ɐkˈɪn/
]
[ US /ˈeɪkɪn, əˈkɪn/ ]
[ US /ˈeɪkɪn, əˈkɪn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- related by blood
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similar in quality or character
a feeling akin to terror
the amateur is closely related to the collector
kindred souls
How To Use akin In A Sentence
- Assuming that 15 pound breaking strain line is used, an angler using monofilament might have to use a six or eight ounce sinker and use a 20 lb class rod to carry that sinker weight.
- Secondly, he makes the team too much money, raking in ticket and merchandise sales like crazy.
- I learned how to negotiate fights between adolescent girls without making it seem like parental interference.
- If you lip balm contains phenol, camphor, menthol, peppermint oil or eucalyptus, it's most likely making your lips more chapped than not.
- Neither of them sugar-coat the ups and down of working in the industry, but they will open your eyes a great deal about the false assumptions that you're making.
- But Sexton found Nicks for an easy 31-yard score on fourth down with 4: 11 left to seal it, and Nicks set the receiving record with a 22-yard catch a little later from T.J. Yates, making his first appearance in relief from a broken ankle suffered in September against Virginia Tech. Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today USATODAY.com
- Would you stop making jokes at my expense?
- The breaking of a branch under my foot alarmed the deer.
- In any event, when making a case against the indivisibility of Sinitic, it is not necessary to rebut each of these "common" features individually, since they are largely or wholly extralinguistic. Language Log
- Interior spaces may also be gendered: the author explores both the activities particular to women, such as needlework or lace-making, and the objects related to female and maternal domesticity.