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to compare

to compare

932 1.4
To look at more than one thing and show how they are the same or different
  • verb
  • /kəmˈpɛr/
translation icon : comparar
  • In order to decide which phone to buy, I need to compare the features of both models.
  • compare studies
  • compare with others
  • compare and contrast

We want you to compare your date to your ex.

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Examples

  • We begin to compare objects against each other.

  • Compare your experience this weekend, my dear Milo, with any other moments in your life.

    Sleuth (1972)

  • Well, how do you compare blue to green?

  • This is like if you were to compare it to a car, right?

  • And so I was trying to compare similar groups.

    Harvard University

  • So let's connect them up and compare their performance.

  • Have the students take off the lid and compare their result with the computer's image.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The two groups of respondents were compared on the basis of these response patterns.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Well, people have compared you to Gatsby.

  • Cases categorized as "other" are used as the baseline to compare against other types of cases.

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

to liken
vsto compare
35 5.1

Say that one thing is similar to another

highlights similarities but also examines differences and contrasts
to draw parallel
vsto compare
7 4.6

Point out similarities between two or more things to show how they are alike

considers both similarities and differences not only highlighting likeness
to analogize
vsto compare
  • US
3 7.9

To compare one thing with another to explain it

examines both similarities and differences instead of only showing similarity

How Thoroughly

to scrutinize
  • US
70 6.2
to analyze
  • US
675 3.2
to compare
932 1.4
to observe
619 2.4
contrast
179 2.8
to note
951 1.6

Surface Forms

compare infinitive
compared past
compared past participle
comparing present participle
compares third person singular

Etymology

Compare comes from the Latin parts com- 'together' and par 'equal', and this is easy to see if you think of pair. So to compare something is to put things 'together' to see if they are 'equal' or different.