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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpærəlɛl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpærəˌlɛl, -ləl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(parə lel′, -ləl)

Inflections of 'parallel' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.
parallels
v 3rd person singular
parallelling
v pres p (Mainly UK)
paralleling
v pres p (US)
parallelled
v past (Mainly UK)
paralleled
v past (US)
parallelled
v past p (Mainly UK)
paralleled
v past p (US)

parallel
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Sense: Adjective: equidistant at all points
Synonyms:
side by side, equidistant, aligned, collateral Collocations
Sense: Adjective: similar
Synonyms:
similar Collocations, analogous, comparable, corresponding Collocations, correspondent, correlative, like Collocations, alike Collocations, akin Collocations, resembling, matching Collocations, twin Collocations
Sense: Noun: similarity
Synonyms:
similarity Collocations, resemblance, correspondence Collocations, likeness, correlation, commonality, congruity, analogy
Sense: Noun: equivalent
Synonyms:
equivalent Collocations, match Collocations, twin Collocations, equal Collocations, counterpart Collocations
Sense: Verb: correspond to
Synonyms:
correspond to, resemble Collocations, echo Collocations, mirror Collocations, be comparable to, be similar to, correlate to, bear a resemblance to, compare with, match Collocations, equate to, imitate
Sense: Verb: match
Synonyms:
match Collocations, equal Collocations, rival Collocations, measure up to, stack up with

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