COMPARE


Meaning of COMPARE in English

(~s, comparing, ~d)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

When you ~ things, you consider them and discover the differences or similarities between them.

Compare the two illustrations in Fig 60...

Was it fair to ~ independent schools with state schools?...

Note how smooth the skin of the upper arm is, then ~ it to the skin on the elbow.

to ~ notes: see note

VERB: V pl-n, V n with n, V n to n

2.

If you ~ one person or thing to another, you say that they are like the other person or thing.

Some commentators ~d his work to that of James Joyce...

I can only ~ the experience to falling in love.

= liken

VERB: V n to/with n/-ing, V n to/with n/-ing

3.

If one thing ~s favourably with another, it is better than the other thing. If it ~s unfavourably, it is worse than the other thing.

Our road safety record ~s favourably with that of other European countries...

How do the two techniques ~ in terms of application?

V-RECIP: V adv with n, pl-n V adv

4.

If you say that something does not ~ with something else, you mean that it is much worse.

The flowers here do not ~ with those at home...

VERB: usu with neg, V with n

5.

see also ~d

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