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1. (v.t.) compare
to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences.
2. compare
to consider or describe as similar; liken:
“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?”
3. compare
to form or display the degrees of comparison of (an adjective or adverb).
4. (v.i.) compare
to be worthy of comparison:
Whose plays can compare with Shakespeare's?
5. compare
to be in similar standing; be alike:
This recital compares with the one he gave last year.
6. compare
to appear in quality, progress, etc., as specified:
Their development compares poorly with that of neighbor nations.
7. compare
to make comparisons.
8. (n.) compare
comparison:
a beauty beyond compare.
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1. (verb) comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability
qualities that are comparable
"no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"
2. (verb) compare
examine and note the similarities or differences of
"John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"
3. (verb) compare
be comparable
"This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"
4. (verb) compare, liken, equate
consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
"We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"
5. (verb) compare
to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
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1. (verb) compare
to examine two or more things in order to find similarities and differences
We're comparing the two poems.; to compare girls' math scores with boys'; You're easy to talk to, compared to Katie.
2. compare
to say sb or sth is as good or bad as another
I'm not comparing him to Albert Einstein.
3. compare
doesn't compare
is not as good as
We tried the new wine, but it doesn't compare.
4. compare
How does sth compare with ... ?
used to ask if sth is better or worse than sth else
How does it compare with your old car?
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1. (noun) COMPARE
comparison
2. (noun) COMPARE
illustration by comparison; simile
3. (verb) COMPARE
to examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention
4. (verb) COMPARE
to represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken
5. (verb) COMPARE
to inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "- er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful
6. (verb) COMPARE
to be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier
7. (verb) COMPARE
to vie; to assume a likeness or equality
8. (verb) COMPARE
to get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire
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Sense: to put (things etc) side by side in order to see to what extent they are the same or different
If you compare his work with hers you will find hers more accurate; This is a good essay compared with your last one.
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 Afrikaans: vergelyk |
 Arabic: يُقارِن |
 Bulgarian: съпоставям |
 Brazilian: comparar |
 Czech: srovnat s, porovnat |
 German: vergleichen |
 Danish: sammenligne |
 Greek: συγκρίνω, παραβάλλω |
 Spanish: comparar |
 Estonian: võrdlema |
 Farsi: مقایسه کردن |
 Finnish: vertailla |
 French: comparer |
 Hebrew: לְהַשווֹת |
 Hindi: तुलना करना |
 Croatian: usporediti, uspoređivati, |
 Hungarian: összehasonlít |
 Indonesian: membandingkan |
 Icelandic: bera saman |
 Italian: comparare, paragonare |
 Japanese: 較べる |
 Korean: 비교하다 |
 Lithuanian: (pa)lyginti |
 Latvian: salīdzināt |
 Malay: banding |
 Dutch: vergelijken |
 Norwegian: sammenlikne (med) |
 Polish: porównywać |
 Persian: مقایسه کردن |
 Pashto: مقايسه كول، دتفاوت دڅرګند |
 Portuguese: comparar |
 Romanian: a compara |
 Russian: сравнивать |
 Slovak: porovnať |
 Slovenian: primerjati |
 Serbian: porediti |
 Swedish: jämföra |
 Thai: เปรียบเทียบ |
 Turkish: karşılaştırmak, kıyaslama |
 Taiwanese: 比較 |
 Ukrainian: порівнювати |
 Urdu: موازنہ کرنا ، تقابل کرنا |
 Vietnamese: so sánh |
 Chinese: 比较 |
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