A (part of a) newspaper or magazine that has articles on films, books, travel, famous people, etc

ADJECTIVE

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  1Having a resemblance in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical.
  

‘a soft cheese similar to Brie’

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Synonyms

1. 
   1.1Geometry (of geometrical figures) having the same shape, with the same angles and proportions, though of different sizes.
   

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NOUN

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  1archaic A person or thing similar to another.
  

‘he was one of those whose similar you never meet’

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  2usually similarsA substance that produces effects resembling the symptoms of particular diseases (the basis of homeopathic treatment)
  

‘the principle of treatment by similars’

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Usage

The standard construction for similar is with to, as in I've had problems similar to yours. However, in British English, the construction similar as is sometimes used instead, as in I've had similar problems as yourself. This is not accepted as correct in standard English

Origin

Late 16th century (also as a term in anatomy meaning ‘homogeneous’): from French similaire or medieval Latin similaris, from Latin similis ‘like’.

phrase

Pronunciation /freɪz/ 

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