Verb > Parallel

(+ object)

1 : to be similar or equal to (something)

Their test results parallel our own.

Nothing parallels that experience. (=that experience is unlike any other experience; it is unique)

2 : to happen at the same time as (something) and in a way that is related or connected

Rising prices parallel increasing fuel costs.

Spending is paralleled by an increase in the number of loans given.

3 : to be parallel to (something) : to go or extend in the same direction as (something)

The highway parallels the river.