See Also: Comparison(money)
comparison(dictionary)
Comparison(finance)
comparison(dictionary)
Internal Comparison(money)
Comparison Shopper(money)
Comparison universe(money)
External Comparison(money)
comparison-shop(dictionary)
cross-cultural comparison(medicine)

comparison (oh)



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1 ?comparing?
2 ?judgment?
3 ?be like something?
4 there's no comparison
5 ?grammar?
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?COMPARING?
[U] the process of comparing two or more people or things
-see also compare 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.
?JUDGMENT?
[C] 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.
?BE LIKE SOMETHING?
[C] 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.
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.
?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