certain similarity

collocation in English

meaningsofcertainandsimilarity

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certain
adjective
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/ˈsɜː.tən/us
/ˈsɝː.tən/
having no doubt or knowing exactly that something is true, or known to be true, correct, exact, ...
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similarity
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌsɪm.ɪˈlær.ə.ti/us
/ˌsɪm.əˈler.ə.t̬i/
the fact that people or things look or are ...
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(Definition ofcertainandsimilarityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Acertainsimilarityof before and after thus composes an illusion of continuity.
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The concept of type involved here bears acertainsimilarityto the notion of "essence" in phenomenological logic.
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The conception that sees only a regularity in a statistical sense in physical laws bears acertainsimilarityto so-called functionalism.
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I think that there is acertainsimilarityhere.
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There is acertainsimilaritybetween these totalitarian régimes.
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My only regret is that there will be acertainsimilarityin my reply today.
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There is acertainsimilaritybetween this case and the other two.
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There is acertainsimilaritybetween making one's maiden speech and taking one's driving test.
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In this respect, we have acertainsimilarityto these unfortunate people.
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Scales of pay can be formed and definite measures can be adopted for dealing with cases which have acertainsimilarity.
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All indexation debates——and we have had a number of them in the past few years—have acertainsimilarity.
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I can see that there is acertainsimilarity.
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There is acertainsimilaritybetween the reform of the market in bananas and the forthcoming reform of the market in soft fruits.
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I think we can detect acertainsimilaritybetween the position of this country now and its position in 1938 and 1939.
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There is acertainsimilarityabout agriculture and white fish and visits abroad; but some of these are significant.
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There is acertainsimilarityrunning through all of them.
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There seems to be acertainsimilaritywith what is proposed today.
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He did face one in 1947 and another in 1949, and he said that there was acertainsimilaritybetween this crisis and the ones that he had to face.
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It is obvious that any path leading from one given point to another must bear acertainsimilarityto any other path going in the same direction.
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There is acertainsimilaritybetween them.
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