compare
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See also comparé
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin comparare to prepare, procure; com- + parare. See prepare, parade.
Verb [edit]
compare (third-person singular simple present compares, present participle comparing, simple past and past participle compared)
- (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
- Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.
- You can't compare my problems and yours.
- (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
- Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs
- (transitive, grammar) 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.
- (obsolete) To get; to obtain.
- Spenser
- To fill his bags, and richesse to compare.
- Spenser
Translations [edit]
to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
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to form the three degrees of comparison of
to be similar
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French [edit]
Verb [edit]
compare
- first-person singular present indicative of comparer
- third-person singular present indicative of comparer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of comparer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of comparer
- second-person singular imperative of comparer
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
compare m (plural compari)
Verb [edit]
compare
- third-person singular present indicative of comparire
Synonyms [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
compārē
- second-person singular present active imperative of compāreō
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
compare (infinitive comparar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of comparar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of comparar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of comparar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of comparar.
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
compare
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