paralleled
SayPA-ruh-leld/ˈpæɹəˌlɛld/UK/ˈpæɹəlɛld/
- 1Simple past and past participle of parallel.
The hiking trail paralleled the coastline for several miles.
His rise to fame has closely paralleled that of his older brother.
Note
One spelling does double duty here. It works as the plain past (the road paralleled the river) and as the participle after have or be (a feat that has never been paralleled). Whether it means running alongside, being analogous, or matching, the verb takes its object directly. Write that the trail paralleled the coast, not that it paralleled to it.
paralleled is a form of parallel
parallel, verb: Of a path or line, to run alongside something else while keeping the same distance from it. Full entry
- Forms
- parallelparallels he/she/itparalleling -ing formparalleled past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- parallel → paralleled: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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