comparative
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Of or relating to comparison.
He gave us a comparative example to illustrate how the human mind works.
- 2.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
A comparative study between Homo Sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis.
comparative anatomy
- 3.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
- 4.
(obsolete)Comparable; bearing comparison.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(grammar) 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 word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
Đồng nghĩa: comparative degree
- 2.
(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
- 3.
(in plural)(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
- 4.
(obsolete)An equal; a rival; a compeer.
- 5.
(obsolete)One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
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From Middle English comparatif, from Middle French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus, equivalent to comparātus, from comparāre (to compare) + -ive, from Latin -īvus.