ALL meanings of compare
com·pare
C c - verb compare When you compare things, you consider them and discover the differences or similarities between them. 3
- verb compare If you compare one person or thing to another, you say that they are like the other person or thing. 3
- verb compare If one thing compares favourably with another, it is better than the other thing. If it compares unfavourably, it is worse than the other thing. 3
- verb compare If you say that something does not compare with something else, you mean that it is much worse. 3
- verb compare to regard or represent as analogous or similar; liken 3
- verb compare to examine in order to observe resemblances or differences 3
- verb compare to be of the same or similar quality or value 3
- verb compare to bear a specified relation of quality or value when examined 3
- verb compare to correspond to 3
- verb compare to give the positive, comparative, and superlative forms of (an adjective) 3
- verb compare to compete or vie 3
- noun compare comparison or analogy (esp in the phrase beyond compare) 3
- verb transitive compare to regard as similar; liken (to) 3
- verb transitive compare to examine in order to observe or discover similarities or differences 3
- verb transitive compare to form the comparative and superlative degrees of (an adjective or adverb) 3
- intransitive verb compare to be worthy of comparison (with) 3
- intransitive verb compare to be regarded as similar or equal 3
- intransitive verb compare to make comparisons 3
- intransitive verb compare to stand in comparison; measure up 3
- abbreviation COMPARE comparison 3
- verb with object compare to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations. 1
- verb with object compare to consider or describe as similar; liken: “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?”. 1
- verb with object compare Grammar. to form or display the degrees of comparison of (an adjective or adverb). 1
- verb without object compare to be worthy of comparison; be held equal: Dekker's plays cannot compare with Shakespeare's. 1
- verb without object compare to appear in a similar standing: His recital certainly compares with the one he gave last year. 1
- verb without object compare to differ in quality or accomplishment as specified: Their development compares poorly with that of neighbor nations. 1
- verb without object compare to vie; rival. 1
- verb without object compare to make a comparison: The only way we can say which product is better is to compare. 1
- noun compare comparison: Her beauty is beyond compare. 1
- idioms compare compare notes. note (def 32). 1
- noun compare The traditional rule about which preposition to use after compare states that compare should be followed by to when it points out likenesses or similarities between two apparently dissimilar persons or things: She compared his handwriting to knotted string. Compare should be followed by with, the rule says, when it points out similarities or differences between two entities of the same general class: The critic compared the paintings in the exhibit with magazine photographs. This rule is by no means always observed, however, even in formal speech and writing. The usual practice is to employ to for likenesses between members of different classes: A language may be compared to a living organism. But when the comparison is between members of the same category, both to and with are used: The article compares the Chicago of today with (or to) the Chicago of the 1890s. Following the past participle compared, either to or with is used regardless of whether differences or similarities are stressed or whether the things compared belong to the same or different classes: Compared with (or to ) the streets of 18th-century London, New York's streets are models of cleanliness and order. 1
- transitive verb compare find similarities, differences 1
- intransitive verb compare be as good as 1
- intransitive verb compare be as good 1
- noun compare Estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between. 1
- noun compare comparison. 0
- noun compare illustration by comparison; simile. 0
- verb compare (Transitive Verb) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things. 0
- verb compare (Transitive Verb) To declare two things to be similar in some respect. 0
- verb compare (Transitive Verb) (grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective). 0
- verb compare (Intransitive Verb) To be similar (often used in the negative). 0
- verb compare (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To get; to obtain. 0