{"id":276185,"date":"2025-07-30T17:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=276185"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:54:06","slug":"complete-the-analogy-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/30\/complete-the-analogy-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete the analogy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1258.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276186\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is&nbsp;<strong>win<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This question presents a verbal analogy, which requires identifying the relationship between the first pair of words and then finding a word that creates the same relationship with the third word. The structure is &#8220;freeze is to thaw as lose is to [blank]&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, let&#8217;s analyze the relationship between &#8220;freeze&#8221; and &#8220;thaw&#8221;. To freeze is to turn from a liquid to a solid state due to cold. To thaw is the reverse process, where something frozen turns back into a liquid or becomes soft as it warms up. Therefore, &#8220;freeze&#8221; and &#8220;thaw&#8221; are antonyms; they describe opposite actions or processes. One undoes the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To complete the analogy, we must find a word that has a similar opposite relationship with the word &#8220;lose&#8221;. The word &#8220;lose&#8221; typically means to fail to win a game, contest, or struggle, or to be deprived of something. We are looking for its direct antonym.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s examine the options provided:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>forfeit<\/strong>: To forfeit means to give up or surrender something, often as a penalty for a mistake or failure to appear. Forfeiting is a specific way of losing a contest, not its opposite. It is more of a synonym or a subcategory of losing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>participate<\/strong>: To participate means to take part in an activity or event. Participation is a prerequisite for either winning or losing. One must participate in a game to have the chance to win or lose, but participating itself is not the opposite of losing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>win<\/strong>: To win means to be victorious or successful in a competition or conflict. This is the direct and most common antonym for &#8220;lose&#8221;. Just as thawing is the opposite outcome of freezing, winning is the opposite outcome of losing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the word that correctly completes the analogy by maintaining the relationship of opposites is &#8220;win&#8221;. The completed analogy is: freeze is to thaw as lose is to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner6-2578.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276187\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is&nbsp;win. This question presents a verbal analogy, which requires identifying the relationship between the first pair of words and then finding a word that creates the same relationship with the third word. The structure is &#8220;freeze is to thaw as lose is to [blank]&#8221;. 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