comparative
Meanings
Adjective
- Of or relating to comparison.
- Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
- Approximated by comparison; relative.
- Comparable; bearing comparison.
Noun
- A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
- A word in the comparative form.
- Data used to make a comparison.
- An equal; a rival; a compeer.
- One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
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Origin
- From Middle English comparatif, from Middle French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus, equivalent to comparātus, from comparāre + -ive, from Latin -īvus.
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