ALL meanings of compared
com·pare
C c - verb with object compared 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 compared to consider or describe as similar; liken: “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?”. 1
- verb with object compared Grammar. to form or display the degrees of comparison of (an adjective or adverb). 1
- verb without object compared to be worthy of comparison; be held equal: Dekker's plays cannot compare with Shakespeare's. 1
- noun compared 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
- verb without object compared to appear in a similar standing: His recital certainly compares with the one he gave last year. 1
- verb without object compared to differ in quality or accomplishment as specified: Their development compares poorly with that of neighbor nations. 1
- verb without object compared to vie; rival. 1
- verb without object compared to make a comparison: The only way we can say which product is better is to compare. 1
- noun compared comparison: Her beauty is beyond compare. 1
- idioms compared compare notes. note (def 32). 1
- noun compared Estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between. 1
- verb compared simple past tense and past participle of compare. 0