Semejante in english
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pronunciation: sɪməlɜr part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: sɪməlɜr part of speech: adjective
In gestures
semejante1 = fellow human being ; kindred ; fellow ; twin ; fellow being.
Example: What is our responsibility to a fellow human being, who in this case happens to be a respected library director who is also our boss?.Example: The indexer must evaluate whether the index user will profit if a distinction is made between two kindred terms.Example: Cave paintings, baked clay tablets, papyrus rolls, vellum, parchment and paper manuscripts, movable type printing; these have been the material objects by means of which man have communicated with their fellows.Example: The two moulds, which were twins, were oblong wire sieves mounted on wooden frames, and the deckle was a removable wooden rim which could be fitted to either mould to make it into a tray-like sieve with a raised edge.Example: Immorality and general disrespect for our fellow beings is just about the norm in this day and age.semejante2 = analogous ; parallel ; suchlike.
Example: But what about when our own professional center, the Library of Congress, uses BUSHMEN and HOTTENTOTS which are analogous to Polacks and Kikes and Wops?.Example: The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.Example: I think this should all be interpreted as a challenge, rather than as a mandate for complacency or suchlike.more:
» Nombre + semejante = such + Nombre .
Example: Such variations make it difficult for users to be confident about the form of a heading.» semejante a = akin to [Seguido de un nombre o del gerundio (forma "-ing") de un verbo] .
Example: I personally believe that something akin to what happened to pocket calculators is going to happen to microform readers = Seguido de un nombre o del gerundio (forma "-ing") de un verbo.