historical parallel
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhistoricalandparallel
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historical
adjective
uk/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
See more athistorical
parallel
noun
uk/ˈpær.ə.lel/us/ˈper.ə.lel/
something very similar to something else, or a similarity between ...
See more atparallel
(Definition ofhistoricalandparallelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhistorical parallel
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Thehistoricalparallelprovides insight into the scientific process regarding the laws that govern sea ice as a material.
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Yet anotherhistoricalparallelis missing.
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We should take this occasion to remind ourselves that monetary union is a project withouthistoricalparallel.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It is ahistoricalparallelthat is worth considering at the present moment.
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I will do it by means of anhistoricalparallel.
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I am not drawing any deductions from that, but merely saying that it is an interestinghistoricalparallelto compare the two things.
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In both cases, the magnitude involved was withouthistoricalparallel.
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That is a hatefulhistoricalparallelwhich is uncomfortably close.
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Nohistoricalparallelis ever perfect, but we should remind ourselves of this one.
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Is he aware that there is anhistoricalparallelto this, which is as unpleasant as it is apposite?
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Although that is an arcanehistoricalparallel, it contains important lessons for us.
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But there is nohistoricalparallelbetween them and what is happening today.
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His rather anachronistichistoricalparallelhas no bearing on the present circumstances.
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There is here anhistoricalparallel.
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Soon, these countries became major world oil-exporting countries, amassing huge riches within a matter of years, a feat that perhaps has nohistoricalparallel.
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The striking historical parallels suggest that the fundamental problems at stake do not arise in any essential way from the data of modern experiments and computational theories.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But this is not the time of night to go into these historical parallels.
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I hope that they have learned from the historical parallels.
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Historical parallels are always very difficult to sustain.
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