English
Pronunciation
(US)
*IPA|/�k�mp�r�bl̩/
*w:SAMPA_chart_for_English|SAMPA: /"kAmp@r@b=l/
Adjective
en-adj
- That which may be compared (to), that which is similar (to).
#:An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.
#:You can't say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing�the two are just not comparable.
- mathematics Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
#:Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.
- grammar of an adjective, able to be compared.
#:"Big" is a comparable adjective, since it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; but "unique" is not comparable.
Translations
trans-top|which may be compared (to)
Dutch: vergelijkbaar
Finnish: verrattavissa oleva
trans-mid
German: vergleichbar
Polish: porównywalny
trans-bottom
trans-top|able to be compared
Czech: srovnatelný m
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fa:comparable
fr:comparable
gl:comparable
id:comparable
it:comparable
fi:comparable
te:comparable
vi:comparable
zh:comparable
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