Collocations for "parallel"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "parallel" in context.
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parallel
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- (somewhere in) a parallel [galaxy, world, universe, dimension]
- a parallel [algorithm, process, environment, version]
- a parallel [structure, construction, sentence]
- parallel [services, operations, development, processing]
- is on a parallel [road, street]
- parallel parking
- [arrange, set out, organize] in parallel [rows, lines]
- [two] parallel lines
- the (two) lines are parallel
- the [parties, companies, countries] have parallel interests
- computing: [use, detect, configure] a parallel [port, printer]
- gymnastics: [competed in, won] the parallel bars
- draw parallels between
- am trying to draw parallels between
- is a parallel for
- there is an interesting parallel between
- can draw an interesting parallel between
- there is no parallel in this [country, university] (for)
- the [athlete, concert] has no parallel
- can be used in parallel (with)
- will pursue [it] in parallel with
- can run in parallel (with)
- [circuits, batteries, components] arranged in parallel
- on the [19th] parallel
- parallels my own [thinking, thoughts, opinions]
- parallels the [logic, idea, concept] that
- parallels the [rise, increase] in [killings, prices, crim]
- [inflation, increases, changes] paralleled [price, demand, availability]
- that [road, street] parallels the [highway, river]
- [gutters, trees, parked cars] paralleled the [road]
- [runs, operates, works] parallel to
- the [road] runs parallel to
- the [roads] run parallel [with, to] each other
- the highway runs parallel to the country road
'parallel' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):