comparable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [ˈkʰɑmpʰɚəbəl] ~ [ˈkʰɑmpʰɹ̩əbl̩]
- [kəmˈpɛɹəbəl] ~ [kəmˈpɛɹəbl̩]
- /kəmˈpæɹəbəl/
- [ˈkʰɒmpʰəɹəbəl] ~ [ˈkʰɒmpʰɹəbl̩]
- [kəmˈpæɹəbəl] ~ [kəmˈpæɹəbl̩]
- /kəmˈpɛɹəbəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɒmpəɹəbəl/
- /ˈkɑmpɚəbəl/
Etymology
From Middle English comparable, from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis. By surface analysis, compare + -able.
Meanings
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(often, with to) Able to be compared (to).
You can't say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing. The two are just not comparable.
An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.
The firebox married to Britannia's boiler is not, however, in the Doncaster tradition, notwithstanding that it is comparable in dimensions to that of the "V2."
1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 273:As yet, we don't know what the comparable figures will be like for the current financial year which ends in March 2022, but we can have a good stab at approximating them.
2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 22:
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(often, with to) Similar (to); like.
Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:
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Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.
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(of an adjective) Having comparative and superlative forms.
"Big" is a comparable adjective because it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; "unique" and "amazing", in contrast, are not comparable adjectives.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most comparable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more comparable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
comparable function · intercomparable · comparableness · comparability · comparable worth · biocomparable · uncomparable · incomparable · comparably · noncomparable
Synonyms
Translations (47)
hu hasonlítható (able to be compared) · hu összemérhető (able to be compared) · sk porovnateľný (able to be compared) · pl porównywalny (able to be compared) · fi verrattavissa oleva (able to be compared) · hi तुल्य (able to be compared) · pt comparável (able to be compared) · gl comparábel (able to be compared) · cs srovnatelný (able to be compared) · ja 比較できる (able to be compared) · cmn 可比较的 (able to be compared) · ast comparable (able to be compared) · ro comparabil (able to be compared) · it comparabile (able to be compared) · nl vergelijkbaar (able to be compared) · tr karşılaştırılabilir (able to be compared) · hu fogható (able to be compared) · mk споредлив (able to be compared) · hu mérhető (able to be compared) · cmn 可比較的 (able to be compared) · gl comparable (able to be compared) · ko 비슷하다 (able to be compared) · es equiparable (able to be compared) · ca comparable (able to be compared) · el συγκρίσιμος (able to be compared) · de steigerbar (able to be compared) · no komparabel (able to be compared) · sv jämförbar (able to be compared) · de komparierbar (able to be compared) · cmn 比得上 (able to be compared) · de vergleichbar (able to be compared) · es comparable (able to be compared) · ang wiþmetendlīċ (able to be compared) · ru сопостави́мый (able to be compared) · fr comparable (able to be compared) · ko 비교(比較)할 수 있다 (able to be compared) · ko 견줄 만하다 (able to be compared) · ko 비교(比較)가 가능(可能)하다 (able to be compared) · hu összehasonlítható (able to be compared) · eo komparebla (able to be compared) · bg сравним (able to be compared) · de graduierbar (able to be compared) · de komparabel (able to be compared) · uk порівня́нний (able to be compared) · ru сравни́мый (able to be compared) · enm comparable (able to be compared) · no sammenlignbar (able to be compared)