COMPARATIVE


Meaning of COMPARATIVE in English

(~s)

1.

You use ~ to show that you are judging something against a previous or different situation. For example, ~ calm is a situation which is calmer than before or calmer than the situation in other places.

...those who manage to reach the ~ safety of Fendel...

The task was accomplished with ~ ease.

= relative

ADJ: ADJ n

~ly

...a ~ly small nation.

...children who find it ~ly easy to make and keep friends.

ADV: ADV adj/adv

2.

A ~ study is a study that involves the comparison of two or more things of the same kind.

...a ~ study of the dietary practices of people from various regions of India.

...a professor of English and ~ literature.

ADJ: ADJ n

3.

In grammar, the ~ form of an adjective or adverb shows that something has more of a quality than something else has. For example, ‘bigger’ is the ~ form of ‘big’, and ‘more quickly’ is the ~ form of ‘quickly’. Compare superlative .

ADJ: ADJ n

Comparative is also a noun.

The ~ of ‘pretty’ is ‘prettier’.

N-COUNT: oft the N

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