compare
Meaning of compare
noun
- Comparison.
- An instruction or command that compares two values.
- Illustration by comparison; simile.
- 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.
Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.
- To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.
- (grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best".
- To be similar (often used in the negative).
A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.
- To get; to obtain.
Information about compare
- The plural form of compare is: compares.
- Languages in which compare is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of compare
com-pare
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- compare is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
compare synonyms
Meaning comparison:
comparison, equivalence, comparability
Meaning liken:
Translation of compare
- Italian: paragonare, confrontare, comparare, equiparare, eguagliare
- German: vergleichen
- Spanish: comparar, cotejar, compararse, equiparar
- Portuguese: comparar
- French: comparer
Anagrams of compare
Words that rhyme with compare
Pare, pare, disprepare, foreprepare, overprepare, prepare, reprepare, unprepare, mancipare, Ampare, empare, intercompare, miscompare, precompare, recompare, syncopare, sappare, ribspare, spare
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