Meaning of compare | Babel Free

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1. 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.
   transitive
2. To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
   transitive
3. Comparison: a musician beyond compare.
4. To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
   transitive
5. To exchange ideas, views, or opinions.
6. To be similar (often used in the negative).
   intransitive
7. compare notes, to exchange views, ideas, or impressions.
8. To get; to obtain.
   obsolete
9. of the same kind, on the same scale etc. The houses were not at all comparable in size. vergelykbaar مُساوٍ، مُشابِه сравним comparável srovnatelný vergleichbar sammenlignelig; tilsvarende ανάλογοςcomparable võrreldav قابل مقایسه vertailukelpoinen comparableשווה तुल्य usporediv összehasonlítható sama sambærilegur paragonabile, confrontabile 比較できる 비교되는 lygintinas, palyginamas salīdzināms boleh dibandingkan vergelijkbaartilsvarende; sammenliknbarporównywalny دپرتله كېدووړ، دمقايسه كيدو وړ، مقاي...
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10. This house was comparatively cheap. betreklik بالمُقارَنَه сравнително comparativamente poměrně verhältnismäßig relativt; forholdsvist; nogenlunde σχετικάrelativamente võrdlemisi نسبتاً suhteellisen relativementיחסית सापेक्षिक रूप से razmjerno, relativno viszonylag relatif hlutfallslega, tiltölulega relativamente 比較的に 비교적 palyginti salīdzinoši; relatīvi secara perbandingan betrekkelijkrelativt, forholdsviswzględnie نسبتن relativamente relativ сравнительно pomerne sorazmerno komparativno jämfö...
11. (an act of) comparing. There's no comparison between Beethoven and pop music; Living here is cheap in comparison with London. vergelyking مُقارَنَه сравнение comparação srovnání der Vergleich sammenligning σύγκρισηcomparación võrdlus قیاس؛ تشابه vertailu comparaison לְהָשווֹת तुलना usporedba összehasonlítás perbandingan samanburður paragone, confronto 比較 비교 (pa)lyginimas salīdzinājums perbandingan vergelijkingsammenlikningporównanie پرتله، مقايسه comparação comparaţie сравнение porovnanie pri...
12. vt. comparar.
13. To consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; liken: Is it right to compare the human brain to a computer?
14. To examine in order to note the similarities or differences of: We compared the two products for quality and cost. The article compares the recent recession with the one in the early 1990s.
15. Grammar To form the positive, comparative, or superlative degree of (an adjective or adverb).
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Examples

“Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.”

“You can't compare my problems and yours.”

“Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.”

“Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.”

“Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.”

“Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counsellors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it.”

“And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved. The authors were compared to doctors who offered to a patient nothing more than invectives against the disease which consumed him.”

“We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best".”

“A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.”

“Shall pack-horses[…]compare with Caesar's?”

“To fill his bags, and richesse to compare.”

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