compares
Meaning of compares
noun
- Comparison.
- An instruction or command that compares two values.
- Illustration by comparison; simile.
- To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.
- To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.
- (grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best".
- To be similar (often used in the negative).
A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.
- To get; to obtain.
Information about compares
- The singular form of compares is: compare.
- Languages in which compares is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of compares
com-pares
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- compares is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of compares
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