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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•par•i•son /kəmˈpærəsən/USA pronunciation n. - the act of comparing: [countable]A comparison between our two countries shows some important differences.[uncountable* in/by + ~]In comparison with some other countries, the cost of food in the U.S. is low.
- a likeness;
similarity;
capability of being compared:[uncountable]There is simply no comparison between your work and hers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•par•i•son (kəm par′ə sən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of comparing.
- the state of being compared.
- a likening;
illustration by similitude;
comparative estimate or statement. - Rhetoricthe considering of two things with regard to some characteristic that is common to both, as the likening of a hero to a lion in courage.
- capability of being compared or likened.
- Grammar
- the function of an adverb or adjective that is used to indicate degrees of superiority or inferiority in quality, quantity, or intensity.
- the patterns of formation involved therein.
- the degrees of a particular word, displayed in a fixed order, as mild, milder, mildest, less mild, least mild.
- Latin comparātiōn- (stem of comparātiō). See compare, -ation
- Old French comparaison
- Middle English comparesoun 1300–50
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged likeness, resemblance, similarity.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: comparison /kəmˈpærɪsən/ n - the act or process of comparing
- the state of being compared
- comparable quality or qualities; likeness: there was no comparison between them
- a rhetorical device involving comparison, such as a simile
- Also called: degrees of comparison the listing of the positive, comparative, and superlative forms of an adjective or adverb
- bear comparison, stand comparison ⇒ to be sufficiently similar in class or range to be compared with (something else), esp favourably
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