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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pa•ra•ble /ˈkɑmpərəbəl/USA pronunciation adj. - capable of being compared; permitting comparison:Are the Roman and British empires comparable?
- worthy of comparison: shops comparable to those on Fifth Avenue.
- usable for comparison;
similar: We have no comparable data on Russian farming.
com•pa•ra•bil•i•ty /ˌkɑmpərəˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation com•pa•ra•ble•ness, n. [uncountable]com•pa•ra•bly, adv.:Are those two cars comparably equipped? See -par-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pa•ra•ble (kom′pər ə bəl or, sometimes, kəm pâr′-),USA pronunciation adj. - capable of being compared;
having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison:He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable. - worthy of comparison:shops comparable to those on Fifth Avenue.
- usable for comparison;
similar:We have no comparable data on Russian farming.
- Latin comparābilis, equivalent. to comparā(re) to compare + -bilis -ble
- late Middle English 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged like, equal, equivalent, similar.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: comparable /ˈkɒmpərəbəl/ adj - worthy of comparison
- able to be compared (with)
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