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(grammar) The use of a comparative to indicate a relatively high degree of some quality, without explicitly making a comparison, as in "higher education".
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Alternative spelling of adj.
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A quotative particle, compare like.
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Abbreviation of analogy. [A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.]
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(countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
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A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
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(law) Alternative form of balance of probabilities [(law) A legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that a dispute be decided in favor of the party whose claims are more likely to be true.]
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(chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
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Compare, compare to, compare with.
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The simultaneous estimation of two or more values
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To occupy exactly the same space.
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(transitive) To provide a complimentary item, such as a ticket.
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Abbreviation of compare. [(uncountable) Comparison.]
adj
Abbreviation of comparative. [Of or relating to comparison.]
adj
(grammar) Said of an adjective that has comparative and superlative forms.
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(linguistics, computing) A thing to which something is compared.
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Something that is compared; the subject of a comparison.
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(logic) One of two things being compared.
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(nonstandard) Comparison.
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The practice of studying things by comparing them.
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(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
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(law) anything that serves comparison
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(transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
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The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
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The compulsion to compare one’s accomplishments to another’s to determine relative importance, etc.
adj
With regard to comparison
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To be equal with; to match.
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(intransitive) To form a contrast.
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(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.
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Abbreviation of compare. [(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.]
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Abbreviation of compare. [(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.]
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(dated) Abbreviation of ditto. [That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.]
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Abbreviation of equation. [The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).]
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Abbreviation of equivalent. [Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.]
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Abbreviation of indirectly. [In an indirect manner.]
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The process of making inferences; inferring
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To compare multiple characteristics of multiple things
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A comparison made between diverse elements
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Equivalent means used as response to an action.
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(informal) An imaginary or perceived "law" of probabilities which is wrongly used to predict results in the short-term.
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(obsolete) To liken; to compare.
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(transitive, followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).
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Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
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(obsolete, transitive) To give as a name to; name; call (someone something).
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(computing) A requirement of a piece of software, such as accessibility or portability, that is not a specific, measurable aspect of performing a particular task.
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To be equal; to hold comparison.
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A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
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Pertaining to how any two things compare when bearing in mind their real or relative, figurative weight.
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(statistics) Simulated data generated from a statistical model, based on the estimates for the real data.
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analogy between four things, in which A is to B as C is to D, or A : B = C : D.
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(idiomatic) To compare something with a similar thing to give a clearer, more accurate idea.
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Relation; proportion; conformity.
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A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
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The time taken for a person (or human-controlled system) to respond to a request
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Often followed by against or among: to compare with (something); to measure up.
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(linguistics) That which something is compared to in a comparative construction.
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plural of standard of comparison [The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.]
adj
Additional; added to supply what is wanted.
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