comparison

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.
With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.
That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
A simile.
The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.

Pronunciation

kəmpăr'ĭsən /kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən/ /kəmˈpɛɹ.ɪ.sən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-comparison.wav en-us-comparison.ogg kəmpăr'ĭshən /kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.ʃən/ /kəmˈpɛɹ.ə.sən/

Word forms

comparison comparisons

Etymology

From Middle English comparisoun, from Old French comparison, from Latin comparātiō, from comparātus, perfect passive participle of comparō.

Synonyms

parallel

Related words

comparable comparative comparator compare

Derived words

beyond comparison by comparison comparing and contrasting comparison is the thief of joy comparisonitis comparison operator comparisons are odious comparison shop comparison-shop comparison shopper comparison shopping comparison-shopping comparisonwise degree of comparison in comparison intercomparison limit comparison test megalocomparison multicomparison no comparison pale by comparison pale in comparison recomparison standard of comparison suffer by comparison

Translations

Afrikaans: vergelyking Albanian: krahasim Arabic: مُقَارَنَة Arabic: مُقَابَلَة Arabic: تَشْبِيه Arabic: مُقَايَسَة Arabic: مُقارَنة Armenian: համեմատություն Azerbaijani: müqayisə Belarusian: параўна́нне Bengali: তুলনা Bulgarian: сравне́ние Burmese: အနှိုင်း Catalan: comparació Chinese Mandarin: 比較 /比较 Czech: porovnání Danish: sammenligning Dutch: vergelijking Esperanto: komparo Finnish: vertailu French: comparaison Galician: comparación Galician: comparanza Georgian: შედარება German: Vergleich German: Komparation German: Vergleichen German: Vergleichung Greek: σύγκριση Ancient Greek: σύγκρισις Hebrew: השוואה \ הַשְׁוָאָה Hindi: तुलना Hungarian: összehasonlítás Hungarian: összevetés Ingrian: rinnoitus Italian: paragone Italian: confronto Italian: comparazione Japanese: 比較 Kazakh: салыстыру Khmer: ពាក្យប្រៀប Khmer: ប្រៀប Korean: 비교 Lao: ການປຽບທຽບ Latin: comparātiō Latvian: salīdzināšana Latvian: salīdzinājums Lithuanian: lyginimas Macedonian: споредба Malayalam: താരതമ്യം Māori: whakatairitenga Middle English: comparisoun Mongolian: харьцуулалт

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