Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - comparison
Comparison
comparison
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)
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~, from Latin comparation-, comparatio, from comparare Date: 14th century the act or process of comparing: as, the representing of one thing or person as similar to or like another, an examination of two or more items to establish similarities and dissimilarities , identity of features ; similarity , the modification of an adjective or adverb to denote different levels of quality, quantity, or relation ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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