comparable
adjective
capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison.
comparability
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a word derived from
comparable.
Example Sentences
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To ensure comparability with the UK, European countries with populations under one million are excluded from per-capita comparisons of net migration and asylum applications.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
The company’s operating profit excluding items affecting comparability came in at 5.9 billion Swedish kronor, way ahead of company-compiled consensus expectations of 1.6 billion kronor, Bernstein says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
The challenge was to balance the enhanced measurement capabilities of newer sensors with the need for consistency and comparability across time, he noted.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
China has said that its agreement with Zambia is not a blueprint, but the metrics to assess comparability and how to enforce it would create some precedent, the sources said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 12, 2023
It is perhaps necessary to sound a warning here, however, and point out the danger of too great faith in this comparability of rat and man or in fact of any animal with man.
From The Vitamine Manual by Walter H. Eddy
