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Word: compare (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive To be similar (''often used in the negative'').
  • transitivegrammar To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
  • transitive 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 To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].

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