English
Pronunciation
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Verb
en-verb|compar|ing
- transitive To assess the similarities (between two things ["to compare X and Y"] or between one thing and another ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison with X, one might have found it similar to X or different from X.
#:Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs
#:Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra
#:You can't compare my problems and yours
- transitivegrammar To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
#:We compare good as good, better, best
- intransitive To be similar (often used in the negative)
#:A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare
Translations
Danish: sammenligne (1), bøje (2), stemme overens (3)
Czech: p�irovnat, porovnat, stup�ovat
Finnish: verrata (1), vertailla (1)
German: vergleichen (1), steigern (2)
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Hebrew: ��ש��ת (le'hashvot) (1)
Polish: porównywa�
Telugu: ప�ల��� (polchu)
Related terms
comparable
comparative
comparison
See also
contrast
Italian
Verb
compare
- form of|third-person|Third-person singular present tense|comparire#Italian|comparire|lang=Italian
Synonyms
comparisce
Category:Italian verb forms
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