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# affinity

noun (affinity, affinities)

«affinity» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A natural liking for or feeling of understanding with someone or something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affinity/#m1)
2. A close likeness or connection between things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affinity/#m2)
3. (science) A tendency of substances to join or react with each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affinity/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday and story use, a person «has an affinity for» animals or music. In science, chemicals have an affinity. Phrases: «an affinity for/with», «feel an affinity».

### Examples

- She has a real affinity for horses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affinity/#x1)
- I felt an affinity with the lonely boy in the book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affinity/#x2)
- There is an affinity between the two languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affinity/#x3)
- Water has an affinity for salt, which dissolves in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affinity/#x4)
- He had an affinity with numbers from a young age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affinity/#x5)
- The two artists share an affinity of style. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affinity/#x6)

### Note

Countable and uncountable; usually «affinity for» or «affinity with». Formal, but common in writing. Do not confuse with «infinity».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «affinity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affinity/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«affinity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/affinity.html) on Mova free.