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/kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/ · com.pa.ra.ble
noun
- Something suitable for comparison. The two cars are comparable in terms of fuel efficiency.
- A person or thing that can be compared with another. The new employee is comparable to the one who left last month.
adjective
- Able to be compared (to). An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.
- Similar (to); like. The two paintings are comparable in style.
- Constituting a pair in a particular partial order. Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.
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Did you know? The word 'comparable' is often used in academic and scientific contexts to describe data or results that can be compared and analyzed.