comparative
Pronunciation: /kəmˈpæɹətɪv/
The English word “comparative” has 9 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Of or relating to comparison.
- Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
- Approximated by comparison; relative.
- Comparable; bearing comparison.
noun
- The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the…
- An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
- Data used to make a comparison.
- An equal; a rival; a compeer.
- One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
Etymology
From Middle English comparatif, from Middle French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus, equivalent to comparātus, from comparāre (“to compare”) + -ive, from Latin -īvus.
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