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compare - examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie" |
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analyse,
analyze,
canvas,
canvass,
examine,
study subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist"
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analogise,
analogize make an analogy
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collate compare critically; of texts
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compare - consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed" |
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liken,
equate |
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consider,
study regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"
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compare - be comparable; "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes" |
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be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
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go be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
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compare - to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb |
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inflect change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
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