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compare verb

  /kəmˈpɛə/ , /kəmˈpɛɚ/ , [kəmˈpeə] , [kəmˈpeɚ] , [kəmˈpeɹ] , [kəmˈpɛə] , [kəmˈpɛɚ] , [kəmˈpɛɹ] , [kəmˈpɛː]
  • (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
 sammenligne, jamføre

comparative noun

  /kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪv/ , /kəmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/
  • (grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
 komparativ

comparable adjective

  /kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/ , /kəmˈpɛɹəbl̩/ , /ˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/ , /ˈkɒmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/
  • (often with to) Able to be compared (to).
 sammenlignbar, komparabel

comparative adjective

  /kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪv/ , /kəmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/
  • Of or relating to comparison.
 komparativ
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