comparable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French comparable.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/, /kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/
- (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /kəmˈpɛɹəbl̩/
Adjective[edit]
comparable (comparative more comparable, superlative most comparable)
- (often with to) Able to be compared (to).
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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.
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- (often with to) Similar (to); like.
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2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:
- Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
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- (mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
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Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.
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- (grammar) Said of an adjective that has a comparative and superlative form.
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"Big" is a comparable adjective, since it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; but "unique" is not comparable, except in disputed, but common, usage.
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Translations[edit]
able to be compared
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similar — see similar
Noun[edit]
comparable (plural comparables)
- Something suitable for comparison.
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2009, January 2, “Fred A. Bernstein”, in Catskill Home Prices: How Low Will They Go?[1]:
- And the appraiser said he couldn't come up with comparables, because there hadn't been any sales nearby in several months.
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Asturian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
comparable (epicene, plural comparables)
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Catalan[edit]
Adjective[edit]
comparable (masculine and feminine plural comparables)
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (Paris) (file)
Adjective[edit]
comparable (plural comparables)
- comparable (suitable to be compared)
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Further reading[edit]
- “comparable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
comparable m, f (plural comparables)
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Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
comparable (plural comparables)
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