Compare
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Compare
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1 v. t.
To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.
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2 v. t.
To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken.
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3 v. t.
To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "- er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.
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4 v. i.
To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.
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5 v. i.
To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.
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6 n.
Comparison.
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7 n.
Illustration by comparison; simile.
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8 v. t.
To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire
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9 v. t.
To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.
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10 v. t.
To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken.
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11 v. t.
To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "- er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.
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12 v. i.
To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.
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13 v. i.
To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.
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14 n.
Comparison.
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15 n.
Illustration by comparison; simile.
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16 v. t.
To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire