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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
comparative
adj 1: relating to or based on or involving comparison;
"comparative linguistics"
2: estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a
relative stranger" [syn: relative, comparative] [ant:
absolute]
n 1: the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "`faster'
is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous'
is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'";
"`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'"
[syn: comparative, comparative degree]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Comparative \Com*par"a*tive\, n. (Gram.)
The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the
form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as,
stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all
comparatives.
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In comparatives is expressed a relation of two; as in
superlatives there is a relation of many. --Angus.
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2. An equal; a rival; a compeer. [Obs.]
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Gerard ever was
His full comparative. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit. [Obs.]
"Every beardless vain comparative." --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Comparative \Com*par"a*tive\, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F.
comparatif.]
1. Of or pertaining to comparison. "The comparative faculty."
--Glanvill.
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2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the
comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
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3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or
absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
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The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
--Whewell.
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The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to
the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend
to the top. --Bentley.
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4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the
positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or
adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive
by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more
bright, or less bright.
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Comparative sciences, those which are based on a
comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts
in any branch or department, and which aim to study out
and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation
pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative
physiology, comparative philology.
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Thesaurus Results for Comparative:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
affinitive, analogical, analogous, appertaining, approximate, associative, collatable, commensurable, commensurate, comparable, congenial, connective, correlative, en rapport, equivalent, like, linking, matchable, much at one, near, parallel, pertaining, pertinent, proportionable, proportional, proportionate, referable, referring, relating, relational, relative, similar, sympathetic |
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