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Definition of Compare
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Compare
To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention. To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken. To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "- er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful. To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier. To vie; to assume a likeness or equality. Comparison. Illustration by comparison; simile. To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire Related Definitions:
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Compare Quotations
There is no teaching to compare with example. Robert Powell Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend. Homer When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. Lao Tzu I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. William Blake I don't compare 'em, I just catch 'em. Willie Mays |
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Compare Translations
compare in Afrikaans is vergelyk compare in Danish is sammenligne compare in Dutch is vergelijken compare in Finnish is verrata compare in French is comparons, comparent, comparer, comparez compare in German is vergleichen, Vergleich, vergleichen compare in Italian is paragonare compare in Spanish is comparar, cotejar |
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