comparison

comparison
com|pa|ri|son
W2S3 [kəmˈpærısən] n
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1¦(comparing)¦
2¦(judgment)¦
3¦(be like something)¦
4 there's no comparison
5¦(grammar)¦
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1.) ¦(COMPARING)¦[U]
the process of comparing two or more people or things
→↑compare, comparative ↑comparative comparison with
▪ Comparison with his previous movies shows how Lee has developed as a director.
in comparison (with/to sth)
▪ In comparison to other recent video games, this one isn't very exciting.
▪ He was a loud friendly man. In comparison, his brother was rather shy.
by comparison (with sth)
▪ By comparison with other European countries, car prices in the UK are very high.
▪ After months of living in a tropical climate, Spain seemed cool by comparison.
for comparison (with sth)
▪ These figures are provided for comparison with the results of previous studies.
▪ He showed us the original text for comparison.
▪ Her paintings invite comparison with those of the early Impressionists (=they remind you of them) .
stand/bear comparison
(=is as good as someone or something else)
▪ Irving's work bears comparison with the best of the modern novelists.
on comparison
BrE (=after you have compared two things to see if they are similar or different)
▪ On comparison, the Renault was the more reliable of the two cars.
2.) ¦(JUDGMENT)¦
a statement or examination of how similar or different two people or things are
comparison of
▪ a comparison of pollution levels in Chicago and Detroit
comparison between
▪ The article makes a comparison between the two poems.
3.) ¦(BE LIKE SOMETHING)¦
a statement that someone or something is like someone or something else
(make/draw) a comparison between sb/sth
(=show the similarities between two people or things)
▪ The writer draws comparisons between the two presidents.
▪ You can't make a comparison between American and Japanese schools - they're too different.
4.) there's no comparison
spoken used when you think that someone or something is much better than someone or something else
there's no comparison between
▪ There's just no comparison between canned vegetables and fresh ones.
5.) ¦(GRAMMAR)¦[U]
a word used in grammar meaning the way an adverb or adjective changes its form to show whether it is ↑comparative or ↑superlative

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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