Word Frequency
compare (kəmˈpɛə
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Definitions
verb
- tr usually foll by to to regard or represent as analogous or similar; liken ⇒
the general has been compared to Napoleon
- tr usually foll by with to examine in order to observe resemblances or differences ⇒
to compare rum with gin
- intr usually foll by with to be of the same or similar quality or value ⇒
gin compares with rum in alcoholic content
- intr to bear a specified relation of quality or value when examined ⇒
this car compares badly with the other
- intr usually foll by with to correspond to ⇒
profits were £3.2 million. This compares with £2.6 million last year
- tr (grammar) to give the positive, comparative, and superlative forms of (an adjective)
- intr (archaic) to compete or vie
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See compare notes
noun
- comparison or analogy (esp in the phrase beyond compare)
Derived Forms
comˈparer nounWord Origin
C15: from Old French comparer, from Latin comparāre to couple together, match, from compar equal to one another, from com- together + par equal; see parTranslations for 'compare'
- British English: compare If you compare things, you consider them and discover the differences or similarities between them.Compare the two illustrations on page 60.kəmˈpɛə VERB
- Arabic: يُقَارِنُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: comparar
- Chinese: 比较
- Croatian: usporediti
- Czech: porovnat porovnávat
- Danish: sammenligne
- Dutch: vergelijken
- European Spanish: comparar
- Finnish: verrata
- French: comparer
- German: vergleichen
- Greek: συγκρίνω
- Italian: paragonare
- Japanese: 比較する
- Korean: 비교하다
- Norwegian: sammenlikne
- Polish: porównać porównywać
- Portuguese: comparar
- Romanian: a compara
- Russian: сравнивать
- Spanish: comparar
- Swedish: jämföra
- Thai: เปรียบเทียบ
- Turkish: kıyaslamak
- Ukrainian: порівнювати порівняти
- Vietnamese: so sánh
Example Sentences Including 'compare'
But it surely can't compare with the knockoff Louis Vuitton number shown above.Globe and Mail (2003)
But last night, a quarter of a million people had heard Myra Moss compare him to Hitler.The Unorthodox Murder of Rabbi Moss
He didn't say that al-Qaeda was the equivalent of Nazism, did not again compare September 11th to Pearl Harbour.Irish Times (2002)
I know that one cannot compare such a unit with a busy general teaching hospital.Glasgow Herald (2002)
I've never played under Martin Johnson but you could maybe compare the two.Glasgow Herald (2001)
In one study they scanned the brains of murderers to compare activity in their brains with other people's.EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings (2005)
Such a test would compare DNA from the cells ' nucleus - the odds of a chance match is estimated at one in a billion.New Scientist (2003)
Then tomorrow I'll get the prints of the women at the bar, compare them with the beer can found in the garbage.Snowjob
To compare the two... you might as well compare a car with a banana.CHAMELEON (2002)
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