compare (verb)
11compare — 1 verb 1 SIMILAR/DIFFERENT (T) to consider two or more things, people, ideas etc, in order to show how they are similar to or different from each other: The report compares the different types of home computer currently available. | compare sth… …
12compare — I UK [kəmˈpeə(r)] / US [kəmˈper] verb Word forms compare : present tense I/you/we/they compare he/she/it compares present participle comparing past tense compared past participle compared *** 1) a) [transitive] to consider how things or people… …
13compare — com|pare1 [ kəm per ] verb *** 1. ) transitive to consider how things or people are different and how they are similar: compare something with/to something: Just compare the one that has been cleaned with the others. The results are then compared …
14compare, contrast — These words are often confused, perhaps because they aire related in meaning. To compare is to examine in order to note similarities more than differences; to contrast is to set in opposition in order to show differences more than similarities.… …
15compare — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To regard as similar] Syn. relate, connect, liken, note the similarities, draw a comParison, make a comParison, associate, link, reduce to a common denominator, equate, match, express by metaphor, analogize, show… …
16compare*/*/*/ — [kəmˈpeə] verb 1) [T] to consider the ways in which people or things are similar or different The research compares and contrasts the two policies (= shows how they are similar and how they are different).[/ex] Compare the one that has been… …
17Verb argument — In linguistics, a verb argument is a phrase that appears in a syntactic relationship with the verb in a clause. In English, for example, the two most important arguments are the subject and the direct object.[1] Nearly all languages identify… …
18compare with — phr verb Compare with is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑record …
19compare — [15] Compare comes via Old French comparer from Latin comparāre ‘couple, match’, a verb based on the adjective compar ‘equal’, a compound formed from the prefix com ‘mutually’ and pār ‘equal’ (source of English pair, peer, and parity). The Latin… …
20compare with — /kəm peə wɪð/ verb to examine two things to see where they are the same and where they differ ● How do the sales this year compare with last year’s? ● Compared with the previous month, last month was terrific …
