comparison
/kษmหpรฆษนษชsษn/IPA: /K AH0 M P EH1 R AH0 S AH0 N/
- 1
The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
โto bring a thing into comparison with another;โ there is no comparison between themโ
- 2
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each-other.
โHe made a careful comparison of the available products before buying anything.โ
- 3
With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
โThere really is no comparison between the performance of today's computers and those of a decade ago.โ
- 4
(grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in hot, hotter, hottest.
- 5
That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
- 6
A simile.
- 7
The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
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