Complete Definition of "comparable"

English

Pronunciation
(US)
*IPA|/�k�mp�r�bl̩/
*w:SAMPA_chart_for_English|SAMPA: /"kAmp@r@b=l/

Adjective
en-adj

  1. That which may be compared (to), that which is similar (to).

#:An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.
#:You can't say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing�the two are just not comparable.

  1. mathematics Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.

#:Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.

  1. grammar of an adjective, able to be compared.

#:"Big" is a comparable adjective, since it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; but "unique" is not comparable.

Translations
trans-top|which may be compared (to)
Dutch: vergelijkbaar
Finnish: verrattavissa oleva
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German: vergleichbar
Polish: porównywalny
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trans-top|able to be compared
Czech: srovnatelný m
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