comparative
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4.2
- adjective
- /kəmˈpærətɪv/
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comparativo
- The researchers also conducted a comparative study of the curriculum in each type of program.
- comparative advantage
- comparative politics
- a comparative study
The only way we mention tiers is to provide a comparative example.
- The only way we mention tiers is to provide a comparative example.
- He stresses interconnections and he, and he also does really good comparative work.
- OK, so, so, and that's the the thing that predicts male sexual success best is his comparative status.
- I, I, I think a better term is real and real and illusory are comparative terms.
- That was called comparative assessment of structure predictions, CASP.
- And so today he is the Alexander Agassi Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- So when we're studying philosophy, we will see philosophers talking about comparative things, right?
Examples
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The effectiveness of the mass educational strategy is hard to measure without comparative survey data.
Academic text (1999) -
Her research and teaching interests include comparative Indian and South Asian politics.
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We have shown this in the comparative studies, blood proof, it's all there.
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You know, comparative rates of turn out and so on.
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I have made a comparative analysis.
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I had a comparative DNA analysis done last night.
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If nothing else, Huntington's model points to the extreme importance of both comparative analysis and cultural factors.
Academic text (1999) -
Thus, some insight was gained in the comparative effectiveness of different control strategies.
Academic text (1990) -
All of these real-world changes also carry immense implications for the field of comparative politics.
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The comparative analysis highlighted the differences between the two strategies.
Synonyms
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3.7
True only when compared with something else
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.6
Study of how body parts in different animals are alike and different
- Formal
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8.2
A rule that divides blame and reduces the money a person can get by their share of fault
- Specialized
A scientist who studies and compares the bodies of different animals
- Specialized
A form of an adjective or adverb that shows one thing is more than another
- Specialized
The study that looks at how animals behave and how this compares with people
How Comparative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Comparative comes from the Latin word comparare, made of com- 'together' and parare 'to make ready', and it shares its root with the common verb compare. So something comparative is about putting things 'together' to see how they are different or similar.