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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun comparative has 1 sense
- comparative(n = noun.communication) comparative degree - 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'" is a kind of adjective, adverb
Derived form adjective comparative1
Adjective comparative has 2 senses
- comparative(a = adj.pert) - relating to or based on or involving comparison; "comparative linguistics" Derived forms noun comparative1, verb compare3
- comparative(a = adj.all) relative - estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger" Derived forms verb compare1, verb compare3
CIDE DICTIONARY
comparative, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.].
- Of or pertaining to comparison. Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy. [1913 Webster]
- Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state. [1913 Webster]"The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold." [1913 Webster]"The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top." [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
comparative, n.
- 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. [1913 Webster]"In comparatives is expressed a relation of two; as in superlatives there is a relation of many." [1913 Webster]
- An equal; a rival; a compeer. [1913 Webster]"Gerard ever was
His full comparative." [1913 Webster] - One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
comparative, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 perceptible by comparison; relative (in comparative comfort).
2 estimated by comparison (the comparative merits of the two ideas).
3 of or involving comparison (esp. of sciences etc.).
4 Gram. (of an adjective or adverb) expressing a higher degree of a quality, but not the highest possible (e.g. braver, more fiercely) (cf. POSITIVE, SUPERLATIVE).
--n. Gram.
1 the comparative expression or form of an adjective or adverb.
2 a word in the comparative.
--adj.
1 perceptible by comparison; relative (in comparative comfort).
2 estimated by comparison (the comparative merits of the two ideas).
3 of or involving comparison (esp. of sciences etc.).
4 Gram. (of an adjective or adverb) expressing a higher degree of a quality, but not the highest possible (e.g. braver, more fiercely) (cf. POSITIVE, SUPERLATIVE).
--n. Gram.
1 the comparative expression or form of an adjective or adverb.
2 a word in the comparative.
Derivative
comparatively adv.
Etymology
ME f. L comparativus (as COMPARE)
THESAURUS
comparative
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, sympatheticROGET THESAURUS
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Degree
N degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch, reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber, gradation, shade, tenor, compass, sphere, station, rank, standing, rate, way, sort, point, mark, stage, intensity, strength, comparative, gradual, shading off, within the bounds, by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto, however, howsoever, step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop, a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little, in some degree, in some measure, to some extent, di grado in grado.Comparison
N comparison, collation, contrast, identification, comparative estimate, relative estimate, relativity, simile, similitude, analogy (similarity), allegory, matching, pattern-matching, ratio, proportion (number), discrimination, indiscrimination, identification, comparative, metaphorical, compared with, comparable, judged by comparison, relatively, as compared with, comparisons are odious, comparisons are odorous.
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