comparative

adjective

OPAL W

/kəmˈpærətɪv/

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measured or judged by how similar or different it is to something else synonym relative
- Then he was living in comparative comfort (= compared with others or with his own life at a previous time).
- The company is a comparative newcomer to the software market (= other companies have been in business much longer).
connected with studying things to find out how similar or different they are
- a comparative study of the educational systems of two countries
- comparative linguistics
(grammar) relating to adjectives or adverbs that express more in amount, degree or quality, for example better, worse, slower and more difficult compare superlativeTopics Languagea2

Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from Latin comparativus, from comparare ‘to pair, match’, from compar ‘like, equal’, from com- ‘with’ + par ‘equal’.

comparative

noun

/kəmˈpærətɪv/

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the form of an adjective or adverb that expresses more in amount, degree or quality
- ‘Better’ is the comparative of ‘good’ and ‘more difficult’ is the comparative of ‘difficult’.
compare superlativeTopics Languagea2
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from Latin comparativus, from comparare ‘to pair, match’, from compar ‘like, equal’, from com- ‘with’ + par ‘equal’.

单词	comparative
释义	comparative adjective OPAL W /kəmˈpærətɪv/ /kəmˈpærətɪv/ jump to other results measured or judged by how similar or different it is to something else synonym relative Then he was living in comparative comfort (= compared with others or with his own life at a previous time). The company is a comparative newcomer to the software market (= other companies have been in business much longer). connected with studying things to find out how similar or different they are a comparative study of the educational systems of two countries comparative linguistics (grammar) relating to adjectives or adverbs that express more in amount, degree or quality, for example better, worse, slower and more difficult compare superlativeTopics Languagea2 Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from Latin comparativus, from comparare ‘to pair, match’, from compar ‘like, equal’, from com- ‘with’ + par ‘equal’. comparative noun /kəmˈpærətɪv/ /kəmˈpærətɪv/ (grammar) jump to other results the form of an adjective or adverb that expresses more in amount, degree or quality ‘Better’ is the comparative of ‘good’ and ‘more difficult’ is the comparative of ‘difficult’. compare superlativeTopics Languagea2 Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from Latin comparativus, from comparare ‘to pair, match’, from compar ‘like, equal’, from com- ‘with’ + par ‘equal’.
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