Sekirov Dictionary

comparable

/ˈkɒmpəɹəbəl/

adjective 4
noun 1
forms 3

adjective4

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Able to be compared (to).
- 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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Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
- Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.
Similar (to); like.
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Having comparative and superlative forms.
- "Big" is a comparable adjective because it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; "unique" and "amazing", in contrast, are not comparable adjectives.

noun1

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Something suitable for comparison.
- And the appraiser said he couldn't come up with comparables, because there hadn't been any sales nearby in several months. — 2009

forms

comparables · more comparable · most comparable

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