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What (who) is comparable - definition
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Comparable (disambiguation)
comparable
1.
Something that is comparable to something else is roughly similar, for example in amount or importance.
...paying the same wages to men and women for work of comparable value...
Farmers were meant to get an income comparable to that of townspeople...
The risk it poses is comparable with smoking just one cigarette every year.
= similar
ADJ: oft ADJ to/with n
2.
If two or more things are comparable, they are of the same kind or are in the same situation, and so they can reasonably be compared.
In other comparable countries real wages increased much more rapidly...
By contrast, the comparable figure for the Netherlands is 16 per cent...
= equivalent
ADJ
comparable
adj. comparable to, with
comparable
['k?mp(?)r?b(?)l]
¦ adjective able to be likened to another; similar.
?of equivalent quality.
Derivatives
comparability noun
comparably adverb
Usage
Although the correct pronunciation in standard English is with the stress on the first syllable rather than the second (comparable), an alternative pronunciation with the stress on the second syllable (comparable) is gaining in currency.
Wikipedia
Comparable
Comparable may refer to:
- Comparability, in mathematics
- Comparative, in grammar, a word that denotes the degree by which an entity has a property greater or less in extent than another
Examples of use of comparable
1. "What would we do under comparable circumstances?"
2. Comparable statistics were unavailable before 1''3.
3. What comparable persecution have Etonians suffered?
4. Comparable reforms broadened the military‘s officer corps.
5. But comparable areas around Washington are pricier.