Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - comparison
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Comparison
comparison
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~, from Latin comparation-, comparatio, from comparare Date: 14th century 1. the act or process of comparing: as a. the representing of one thing or person as similar to or like another b. an examination of two or more items to establish similarities and dissimilarities his faults seem minor by ~ 2. identity of features ; similarity several points of ~ between the two 3. the modification of an adjective or adverb to denote different levels of quality, quantity, or relation
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n. 1 the act or an instance of comparing. 2 a simile or semantic illustration. 3 capacity for being likened; similarity (there's no comparison). 4 (in full degrees of comparison) Gram. the positive, comparative, and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs. Phrases and idioms bear (or stand) comparison (often foll. by with) be able to be compared favourably. beyond comparison 1 totally different in quality. 2 greatly superior; excellent. in comparison with compared to. Etymology: ME f. OF comparesoun f. L comparatio -onis (as COMPARE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) сравнение; сличение (эталонов) 2) геод. компарирование to perform comparison — сличать, проводить сличение; to undergo comparison — подвергаться сличению; участвовать в сличениях - amplitude comparison - cascade comparison - circular comparison - continuous comparison - data comparison - direct comparison - directional comparison - direction comparison - indirect comparison - interchange comparison - interlaboratory comparison - internal comparison - logical comparison - magnitude comparison - meter reading comparison - mutual comparison - pair comparison - periodical comparison - preliminary comparison - round-robin comparison - step-by-step comparison - threshold comparison ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1) аналогия 2) сличение 3) сопоставление 4) сравнение basis of comparison — основа для сравнения comparison in time — сравнение во времени comparison in space — сравнение в пространстве elimination by comparison — исключение (неизвестного) путем уравнивания коэффициентов in comparison to — по сравнению с method of multiple comparison — метод множественного сравнения scale of comparison — сравнительная шкала to make comparison — проводить аналогию; сравнивать - absolute comparison - algebraic comparison - binary comparison - canonical comparison - comparison of alternatives - comparison of risks - comparison of tournaments - direct comparison - dummy comparison - field comparison - general comparison - graphic comparison - group comparison - linear comparison - logical comparison - magnitude comparison - multiple comparison - multivariate comparison - numerical comparison - one-sided comparison - orthogonal comparison - pairwise comparison - pattern comparison - quantitative comparison - sequential comparison - statistical comparison - stochastic comparison - triple comparison - two-sided comparison - within-block comparison ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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сопоставление COMPARISON 1) общ. сопоставление, сравнение, сличение 2) бирж. сопоставление (периодический обмен информацией об условиях взаимных сделок (напр., подтверждение принятия предлагаемого в качестве обеспечения займа актива) между биржевыми брокерами или брокерами и банками) See: comparison ticket COMPARISON сравнение, сопоставление – to bring into comparison – point-by-point comparison ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. сравнение to draw a comparison —- проводить сравнение to bring into comparison —- сравнивать to bear comparison with smth. —- выдерживать сравнение с чем-л in comparison with —- по сравнению с by comparison —- при сравнении; сравнительно this city is by comparison a metropolis —- этот город по сравнению с остальными кажется гигантом there is no comparison between them —- их нельзя сравнивать there is no comparison between frozen and fresh fruit —- замороженные фрукты не идут ни в какое сравнение со свежими without comparison, out of comparison, beyond comparison —- вне сравнения 2. уподобление; сопоставление; аналогия to make a comparison of the heart to a pump —- провести аналогию между сердцем и насосом Id: comparisons are odious —- сравнения не всегда уместны ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun сравнение there is no comparison between them - невозможно их сравнивать - make a comparison - beyond all comparison - in comparison with - bear comparison with - stand comparison with - degrees of comparison ...Англо-русский словарь
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(comparisons) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them. ...a comparison of the British and German economies... Its recommendations are based on detailed comparisons between the public and private sectors... There are no previous statistics for comparison. N-VAR: oft N of/between pl-n 2. When you make a comparison, you say that one thing is like another in some way. It is demonstrably an unfair comparison... The comparison of her life to a sea voyage simplifies her experience. N-COUNT 3. If you say, for example, that something is large or small in comparison with, in comparison to, or by comparison with something else, you mean that it is larger or smaller than the other thing. The amount of carbon dioxide released by human activities such as burning coal and oil is small in comparison... Those places are modern by comparison with Tresillian. PHRASE: oft PHR with/to n 4. If you say there is no comparison between one thing and another, you mean that you think the first thing is much better than the second, or very different from it. There is no comparison between the knowledge and skill of such a player and the ordinary casual participant. PHRASE: oft PHR between pl-n c darkgreen]emphasis ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 »COMPARING« the process of comparing two people or things (Comparison with the director's earlier movies seems inevitable.) by comparison (=compared to someone or something else) (After months of being in a tropical climate, Spain seemed cool by comparison. | for comparison (=for the purpose of comparing)) (He showed us the original text for comparison. | in comparison with/to (=compared to someone or something else)) (In comparison with the States, the UK is tiny. | invite comparison (=if an object, idea etc invites comparison with something else, it reminds you of it so that you compare them)) (Her paintings invite comparison with those of the early Impressionists. | on comparison (=after you have compared two things to see if they are similar or different)) (On comparison, the Escort was the more reliable car. | stand/bear comparison (=compare favourably with someone or something)) (Irving's work bears comparison with the best of the modern novelists.) 2 »JUDGEMENT« a statement or examination that considers how similar or different two people, places, things etc are + of (a comparison of smog levels in Chicago and Detroit) + between (a comparison between the two novels) 3 »BE LIKE STH« a statement that someone or something is like someone or something else +to (The comparison of the mall to a zoo seemed entirely appropriate. | make a comparison (=consider the similarities between two things)) (You can't make a comparison between American and Japanese schools - they're too different. | draw a comparison (=show a similarity between two ideas or things)) (It's tempting to draw a comparison between this and the Watergate scandal.) 4 there's no comparison spoken used when you think that someone or something is much better than someone or something else (There's just no comparison between the junk he sings now and his earlier songs.) 5 »GRAMMAR« a word used in grammar meaning the way an adv or adj changes its form to show whether it is comparative1 (4) or superlative1 (2) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1340, from O.Fr. comparaison, from L. comparationem, from pp. stem of comparare "make equal with, liken," from com- "with" + parare "to make equal." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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