COMPARE

1. v. 1. сравнивать, сличать (with) We can start by comparing the work of the historian with the work of the politician. It is unfair of a man to compare his wife with his mother. 2. сравнивать, ставить наравне 3. сравниться; выдерживать сравнение; not to be compared with/to - не может сравниться с; to compare favourably with smth. - выгодно отличаться от чего-л.; as compared with - по сравнению с 4. уподоблять (to) The writer was compared to Shakespeare. I can compare her poetry to the greatest poems of the present century. - compare with - compare notes Syn: approach, approximate, correspond, parallel, resemble, savour of, smack of Ant: contrast, oppose 2. n. - beyond compare - past compare - without compare