comparative degree
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]comparative degree (plural comparative degrees)
- (grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
- Synonym: comparative
- Hypernym: degree of comparison
- Hyponyms: comparative of superiority, comparative of equality, comparative of inferiority
- Coordinate terms: positive degree, superlative degree
Translations
[edit]degree of comparison — see comparative