# paralleling

Pronunciation: say "PA-ruh-lel-ing" US /ˈpæɹəˌlɛlɪŋ/, UK /ˈpæɹəlɛlɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of parallel. — present participle and gerund of parallel
   - Simple: The -ing form of parallel. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _The coastal trail keeps paralleling the shoreline before turning inland._
   - _Her career, paralleling her mentor's almost exactly, led to the same office._

## Noun

2. The process of making or becoming figuratively parallel, drawing two things into close correspondence.
   - Simple: The act of making two ideas or things match or line up in meaning.
   - _The biography's constant paralleling of the two leaders' careers grew tiresome._
   - _Critics praised the novel's paralleling of personal grief and national decline._

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