Which the in categoryENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
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Which the in categoryENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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English - Pronunciation
* (General American) IPA(key): /kəmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/, /kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪv/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəmˈpæ.ɹə.tɪv/
Which the in categoryENGLISH - ADJECTIVE
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English - Adjective
COMPARATIVE (_comparative_ MORE COMPARATIVE, _superlative_ MOST COMPARATIVE)
* Of or relating to comparison.
* Granvill
The COMPARATIVE faculty.
* Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
_COMPARATIVE anatomy_
* Approximated by comparison; relative.
* Whewell
The recurrence of COMPARATIVE warmth and cold.
* Bentley
The bubble, by reason of its COMPARATIVE levity to the fluid that encloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top.
* (obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
* 1819, Lord Byron, _Don Juan_, II.137:
And need he had of slumber yet, for none / Had suffered more—his hardships were COMPARATIVE / To those related in my grand-dad's _Narrative_.
DERIVED TERMS
* comparatively
* comparative method
* comparativeness
* comparativism
* comparativist
* comparativistic
TRANSLATIONS
comparative
(comparative more comparative, superlative
most comparative)
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Of or relating to comparison.
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Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
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comparative anatomy
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Approximated by comparison; relative.
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(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Which the in categoryENGLISH - NOUN
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Which the in categoryENGLISH - RELATED TERMS
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* absolute, absolute superlative, relative superlative, comparative superlative
* degrees of comparison
* superlative
Which the in categoryENGLISH - SEE ALSO
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* contrastive
Which the in categoryENGLISH - REFERENCES
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* “comparative” in _The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition_, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
* “comparative” in _Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1_, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
* "comparative" in _WordNet 2.0_, Princeton University, 2003.
Which the in categoryFRENCH - ADJECTIVE
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Which the in categoryITALIAN - ADJECTIVE
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Which the in categoryITALIAN - ANAGRAMS
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Italian - Anagrams
* comparivate
* crepitavamo
Which the in categoryLATIN - ADJECTIVE
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