comparative degree

English

Noun

comparative degree (plural comparative degrees)

1. (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

degree of comparison — see comparative