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Definitions: Akin |
AkinAdjective1. Similar or related in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector". 2. Related by blood. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "akin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Note: Akin \A*kin"\, adjective. [Prefix a- (for of) kin.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AkinSynonyms: akin(p) (adj), blood-related (adj), cognate (adj), consanguine (adj), consanguineous (adj), kin(p) (adj), kindred (adj), related (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Consanguinity | Adjective: related, akin, consanguineous, of the blood, family, allied, collateral; cognate, agnate, connate; kindred; affiliated; fraternal. |
Similarity | Connatural, congener, allied to; akin to; (consanguineous). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Akin |
| English words defined with "akin": A-, A forlorn hope, Amygdalaceous, Ante- ♦ Ex- ♦ Impanation ♦ kindred ♦ Prakrit, Pulmocutaneous ♦ related. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "akin": Dying Sayings ♦ Global System for Mobile Communications ♦ refuge. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Akin" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Tagalog (me). |
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Screenplays | Soothingly akin to having one's teeth drilled. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ang Langit ay para sa akin (1968) Ako ay sa iyo Ikaw ay akin (1968) Akin ang hirap Sa iyo ang sarap (1999) Inagaw mo ang lahat sa akin (1995) Una ka naging akin (1991) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Akin.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dress, the most distinguishing mark of a military genius / designed and engraved by James Akin, Philada.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Patrick Lyon, who suffered three months severe imprisonment on merely a vague suspicion for the internal robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania / 'grav'd by J[ames] Akin [Philadelphia].Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Implements of torture, and their dangerous effects. Illustrated / By James Akin, No. 18 Prune Street, Philadelphia.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed / Published by J[ames] Akin Philada.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions / J[ames] Akin fect.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain. |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A power, akin to that which had often made anger or resentment fall from him, brought his steps to rest. |
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Health | Head injury or traumatic brain injury may cause bleeding within the brain leading to damage akin to that caused by a hemorrhagic stroke. (references) | |
Akin E, McHugh GL, Flavell RA, et al. The immunoglobulin (IgG) antibody response to OspA and OspB correlates with severe and prolonged Lyme arthritis and the IgG response to p35 correlates with mild and brief arthritis. (references) | ||
Closely related to this topic is the whole role of assisted suicide for people who fear living without their cognitive abilities and the potential for developing programs more akin to hospices, which focus exclusively on improving the quality of life of people with terminal conditions. (references) | ||
Business | Finance activities are akin to normal U.S. practices. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Belarus | The OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission reported 26 violations of freedom of expression and information against the media during the 3 weeks they were in the country, from August 17 to September 9. These violations included repeated misuse of tax inspections, seizure or theft of equipment, confiscation of newspapers, editorial interference akin to censorship, and detention of journalists. (references) |
Human Rights | Turkey | Former HRA Chairman Akin Birdal remained on trial for alleged statements in September 2000 that the Government "should apologize for the Armenian genocide," a statement that he denies making. (references) |
Political Economy | Bhutan | Approximately two-thirds of the government-declared population of 600,000 persons is composed of Buddhists with cultural traditions akin to those of Tibet. (references) |
Travel | Switzerland | As a prosperous, highly developed Western democracy with a modern market economy, Switzerland's business customs and practices are akin to those of other northern European countries. (references) |
Barbados | For men, suit and tie is the normal business attire for non-Barbadians; Barbadian men sometimes wear a "shirt-jack," which is akin to a safari-type short-sleeved jacket with matching trousers. (references) | |
Worker Rights | China | Many such persons quickly find themselves working in situations akin to indentured servitude. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REFUGE, n. Anything assuring protection to one in peril. Moses and Joshua provided six cities of refuge -- Bezer, Golan, Ramoth, Kadesh, Schekem and Hebron -- to which one who had taken life inadvertently could flee when hunted by relatives of the deceased. This admirable expedient supplied him with wholesome exercise and enabled them to enjoy the pleasures of the chase; whereby the soul of the dead man was appropriately honored by observations akin to the funeral games of early Greece. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Akin to, and largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades. |
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| "Akin" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Akin" is used about 420 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 420 | 13,547 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "akin" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Akin | Last name | 3,000 | 3,578 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "akin": akin to. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "akin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | verwant (affined, related, relative), geparenteer (affined, related). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ngjashëm, i farefisit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متماثل (corresponding, equal, homogeneous, homologous, identification, matching, parallel, symmetric, symmetrical, uniform), مجانس (identical, like, namesake, similar), نسيب (cognate, connection, connexion, kinsman, on familiar terms, related, relative, sibling), قريب (adjacent, approaching, close, cognate, connection, connexion, contiguous, impending, kin, kinsman, near, nearby, nearer, next of kin, nigh, on familiar terms, propinquity, related, relational, relative, thereabout, thereabouts). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сходен (alike, analogous, cognate, congruent, congruous, like, osculant, similar), от един род, близък (adjacent, allied to, chummy, close, familiar, impendent, kindred, near, neighboring, neighbouring, next, nigh, pally, pressing, prospective, sister, solid, sympathetic, thick, toward), подобен (agnate, alike, allied to, analogous, bastard, comparable, connatural, ditto, homo-, homoeo-, kindred, like, parallel, similar, sister, such, suchlike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 如同. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | podobný (alike, analogous, close, conformable, kindred, like, similar, such, suchlike), příbuzný (cognate, consanguineous, kindred, kinsman, related, relative, sibling), blízký k. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | i familie (affined, related). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aanverwant (affined, related), verwant (affined, female relative, related, relative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | یکسان (Alike, Equal, Same, Similar), وابسته (Adjective, Affiliate, Attache, Attendant, Correlate, Dependent, Germane, Relative, Relevant, Subordinate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | apparenté , analogue , semblable , qui tient de, proche. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | besibbe (affined, related). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verwandt (affined, allied, cognate, cognitional, connatural, interrelated, kindred, related), ähnlich (alike, analogical, like, likely, likewise, near, related, similar, similar to, similarly, simular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συγγενήσ με, συγγενήσ (affined, cognate, consanguineous, kin, kinsman, kinswoman, relative), παρόμοιοσ (similar, suchlike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "ומ" (alike, analogous, grave, like, resembling, same, silence, similar, stillness, such). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rokon (affined, analogous, cognate, congenial, country cousin, cousin, kin, kindred, propinquous, relation, relative), hasonló (affined, alike, analogous, analogue, comparable, corresponding, cousin, homeo-, homoeo-, like, parallel, similar, such). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ada hubungan keluarga, ada hubungan darah. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | parento (affined, related), congiunto (affined, conjoint, conjunct, joined, kinsman, related, relative, United). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 同系 (affiliated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | どうけい (affiliated, aspiration, isomorphism, longing, matter for mutual congratulation, same pattern, same shape, same type). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mooinjerey da (akin persons), gollrish y cheilley (akin things, alike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | akinay aparentado (affined, associated, cognate, connected, kindred, parent, related, relational). (various references) înrudit (affined, agnate, allied, cognate, congeneric, congenerous, congenial, connected, kin, kindred, related). (various references) родственный (affined, allied, cognate, consanguineous, daughter, kin, kin to, kindred, parental, related, relational). (various references) srodno, srodan (affined, agnate, close, collateral, conjugate, related, similar). (various references) semejante a (kindred), parecido (alike, equal, lifelike, like, likeness, resemblance, similar, similarity, such), emparentado (kindred, related), consanguíneo (agnate, consanguineous, inbred, sib, sibling). (various references) besläktad (affined, allied, cognate, congenerous, congenial, connate, consanguine, consanguineous, kindred, related). (various references) akraba (agnate, agnatic, akin to, allied, cognate, connate, connected, connection, connexion, consanguine, flesh and blood, kin, kindred, kinsman, kinswoman, related, relative), yakın (adjacent, akin to, approximate, at hand, by, close, close to, close-rage, connate, connected, connection, connexion, contiguous, convenient, familiar, handy, hard, hard by, immediate, imminent, inseparable, intimate, near, near at hand, nigh, not far, pending, proximate, relative, thick, within reach, within walking distance), benzeyen (akin to, alike, imitative, smilar). (various references) схожий (affined, alike, analogous, approximate, cognate, compatible, like, near, resemblant, similar), споріднений (affined, agnate, allied, cognate, congenial, connate, connected, consanguineous, kindred, related, sib), рідний (darling, full blood, full-blooded, home, native, own, whole), родичівський, родинний (cognate, home, kindred, relational, sib), близький (agnate, allied, approximate, congenial, contiguous, familiar, intimate, near, nearby, neighbor, neighbour, nigh). (various references) thân thuộc, na ná, có họ hơi giống, b con (people). (various references) perthynol (relative), perthynasol (relevant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adfines, adfinis, adposita, adpositae, adpositaque, adpositi, adpositis, adpositus, adpositusque. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "akin": canakin, manakin, takin, unakin. (additional references) | |
Words containing "akin": aerobraking, anticaking, awaking, backbreaking, baking, bakings, becloaking, beraking, bespeaking, betaking, bookmaking, bookmakings, braking, breaking, breakings, breathtaking, breathtakingly, cabinetmaking, cabinetmakings, caking, canakins, caretaking, caretakings, cloaking, comaking, creakiness, creakinesses, creaking, croaking, debeaking, diakineses, diakinesis, dressmaking, dressmakings, earthshaking, earthshakingly, faking, filmmaking, filmmakings, flakiness, flakinesses, flaking, forespeaking, forsaking, freakiness, freakinesses, freaking, glassmaking, glassmakings, groundbreaking, grubstaking. (additional references) | |
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"Akin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abin, acan, acean, acen, aci, acic, acii, acil, acine, Acmin, acoin, Acsin, adkin, afin, agin, Agni, ahin, Aij, aik, aikin, aiwn, ajin, Ajina, Akad, Akam, Akan, Akao, akar, akeen, Aken, Akena, aki, akid, akif, akil, akim, Akinci, akind, akine, Akinfii, aking, Akino, akir, Akis, Akkid, Akko, Akli, akn, ako, Akon, akone, Akqi, Aksit, akti, Akun, alin, Alken, Alkin, alkine, Alkon, amin, Anik, Aoin, apin, Arin, arkan, arken, arkin, asin, askin, Askins, atin, auki, avin, awin, axin, Aykut, Azin, bakiin, cakin, dalkin, Dawkin, ekind, Etkin, gakin, Gakuin, iken, Ikkan, kacin, Kadin, Kahin, Kaim, kains, Kaon, makink, makkin, naken, nakin, nakinn, Okin, Okon, rakin, vakif, wakin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "akin" (pronounced uki"n) |
| 3 | -k i" n | kin, skin. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: kain, kina. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-k-n" | |
-1 letter: ain, ani, ink, kin. | |
-2 letters: ai, an, in, ka, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-k-n" | |
+1 letter: kains, kanji, kiang, kinas, takin. | |
+2 letters: alkine, antick, asking, baking, caking, calkin, catkin, daikon, faking, funkia, gaskin, hankie, intake, kainit, kalian, kamsin, kanjis, kaolin, kation, kiangs, kidnap, kinase, kinema, laking, making, malkin, nankin, napkin, raking, taking, takins, tanuki, unakin, waking. | |
+3 letters: alkalin, alkines, ankling, anticks, antlike, arcking, askings, awaking, backing, bakings, balking, banking, banksia, barking, basking, beatnik, braking, calking, calkins, canakin, canikin, carking, casking, catkins, daikons, darking, fanlike, finback, finmark, flaking, funkias, gasking, gaskins, gawking, hacking, hankies, hanking, harking, hawking, ikebana, intakes, jacking, jauking, kachina, kainite, kainits, kalians, kamsins, kaoline, kaolins, karting, katcina, kations, kayoing, keratin, khamsin, kidnaps, kinases, kinemas, kinsman, kirkman, knavish, kyanise, kyanite, kyanize, lacking, ladykin, lakings, lambkin, lankier, lankily, larking, leaking, linkage, linkman, makings, malkins, manakin, manikin, mankind, manlike, marking, masking, milkman, nankins, napkins, narking, okaying, packing, paiking, panicky, parking, peaking, pikeman, quaking, racking, ramekin, ranking, rankish, ranpike, ratfink, sacking, shaking, sinkage, skating, slaking, snakier, snakily, snaking, soaking, staking, tacking, takings, talking, tanking, tanukis, tasking, unakite, unalike, walking, warking, wauking, yacking, yakking, yanking. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6B 69 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.- .. -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101011 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A k i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006B 0069 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35777580 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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