comparable

[ kom-per-uh-buhl or, sometimes, kuhm-pair- ]

/ ˈkɒm pər ə bəl or, sometimes, kəmˈpɛər- /

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adjective

capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.

worthy of comparison: shops comparable to those on Fifth Avenue.

usable for comparison; similar: We have no comparable data on Russian farming.

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Origin of comparable

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin comparābilis, equivalent to comparā(re) to compare + -bilis -ble

SYNONYMS FOR comparable

1 like, equal, equivalent, similar.

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OTHER WORDS FROM comparable

com·pa·ra·bil·i·ty, com·pa·ra·ble·ness, nouncom·pa·ra·bly, adverbin·ter·com·pa·ra·ble, adjectiveun·com·pa·ra·ble, adjective

un·com·pa·ra·ble·ness, nounun·com·pa·ra·bly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH comparable

comparable comparative

Words nearby comparable

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Example sentences from the Web for comparably

A third category of chemical weapon is comparably savage—the nerve-gas agents.
Sarin, Nitrogen Mustard, Cyanide & More: All About Chemical Weapons|Kent Sepkowitz|August 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Jump forward some decades and the number of ebook designers is comparably small.
Do Tablet Apps and Ebooks Spell the End of Pop-Up Books?|Zachary Sniderman|January 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We cannot apprehend an object as sublime while we apprehend it as comparably, measurably, or finitely great.
Oxford Lectures on Poetry|Andrew Cecil Bradley
Not comparably to your ladyship; you are the very Cynthia of the skies, and queen of stars.
The Comedies of William Congreve|William Congreve

Unlike the peoples of the great Asiatic and European folk-wanderings, they found no comparably developed peoples to bar their way.
The Coming of Coal|Robert W. Bruere
The gentry society was, therefore, a comparably stable society with little upward social mobility but with some downward mobility.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]|Wolfram Eberhard
Even tobacco and liquor were present in comparably liberal quantities.
Gone Fishing|James H. Schmitz

British Dictionary definitions for comparably

comparable

/ (ˈkɒmpərəbəl) /

adjective

worthy of comparison

able to be compared (with)

Derived forms of comparable

comparability or comparableness, nouncomparably, adverb

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comparable

adjective

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adjective

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