verb🔗ShareTo assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y."Sentence: The teacher compared the student's essay to the original article to check for plagiarism. "logicmathstatisticsscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"]."Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs."languagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective)."We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best"."grammarlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be similar (often used in the negative)."A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare."languagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo get; to obtain."She compared a good grade on the test because she studied hard. "achievementactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading