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Definition of Comparable

1. Adjective. Able to be compared or worthy of comparison.

2. Adjective. Conforming in every respect. "The like period of the preceding year"

Definition of Comparable

1. a. Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.

Definition of Comparable

1. Adjective. (context: often with ''to'') Able to be compared (to). ¹

2. Adjective. (context: often with ''to'') Similar (to); like. ¹

3. Adjective. (mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order. ¹

4. Adjective. (grammar) Said of an adjective that can take the three degrees of comparison. ¹

5. Noun. Something suitable for comparison ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Comparable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comparable

company fronts company name company operator company seal company seals company sergeant major company store company time company town company union

companying companywide comparabilities comparability comparable (current term) comparable function comparable functions comparable to(p) comparable with(p) comparable worth

comparableness comparables comparably comparanda comparascope comparation comparations comparatist comparatists

Literary usage of Comparable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"My theory, stated briefly, is this: The egg with the three polar bodies constitutes a generation comparable with the female gametophyte in plants ..."

2. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1889)
"Instincts comparable with habits, but different in their origin— Instincts graduated—Aphides and ants—Instincts variable- Domestic instincts, ..."

3. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"CHAPTER V. He throws aside Holy Scripture as being too simple, and by no means comparable with Cicero for dignity. I BEGAN then to turn my mind to the Holy ..."

4. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"... of looking up will furnish the strongest evidence of the difference between impulse and voluntary control. Impulse comparable to involuntary attention ..."

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