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What is the verb for parallel?

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parallel
  1. To construct or place something parallel to something else.
  2. Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
  3. Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
  4. To compare or liken something to something else.
  5. To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
  6. To equal; to match; to correspond to.
  7. To produce or adduce as a parallel.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “Auto exhaust gases fit the timeline, and their increasing amounts parallel the worldwide rise in coronary heart disease.”
      “His position on the matter would parallel that of his predecessor.”
parallelize
  1. To make parallel (to each other).
  2. To treat as if parallel; to draw parallels between.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Synchronous applications have a regular structure, and in general, are the simplest to code and parallelize.”
      “In RISC, the compiler presents instructions to the processor and the processor figures out how to best parallelize the processing of those instructions.”
      “To parallelize programs on DMP, the Message Passing Interface compilers directives have to be used.”
parallelise
  1. Alternative form of parallelize
paralleling
parallelizes
parallelises
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parallelise
parallelized
paralleled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of parallel
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “His poems utilise the abstract power of language in a way that is paralleled by Salcedo's use of pared down, concrete physical form.”
      “We paralleled the asphalt road on a narrow dirt track that used to be for four wheelers, when anyone had time or money for recreation.”
      “These changes have paralleled dramatic changes in the assessment of practising physicians.”
parallelled
  1. (Britain) simple past tense and past participle of parallel
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “When operated according to the onboard instructions, it could be physically parallelled with the other units.”
      “Canada has had a comprehensive program of these benefits, which has parallelled its long and distinguished military history.”
      “Criticism of judges' decisions is not necessarily parallelled by a lack of public esteem for the judiciary.”
parallelising
  1. present participle of parallelise
parallelizing
parallelling
  1. (Britain) present participle of parallel
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Water depths of less than 100 m are only found in a 5-35 km band parallelling the shoreline, with a rapid fall-off, often with underwater cliffs.”
      “Now his spin brought him around to face it, and he saw it was parallelling his course.”
      “The auxiliary battery parallelling cable was not attached to the positive post of the main battery during routine maintenance.”
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