comparable
/kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/
Dictionary
noun
- Something suitable for comparison.
adjective
- (often with to) Able to be compared (to).
"An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus."
- (often with to) Similar (to); like.
- Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
"Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not."
- (grammar) Said of an adjective that has a comparative and superlative form.
""Big" is a comparable adjective, since it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; but "unique" is not comparable, except in disputed, but common, usage."
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