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comparable.

Able to be compared (to).

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkɒmpəɹəbəl/[ˈkʰɒmpʰəɹəbəl] ~ [ˈkʰɒmpʰɹəbl̩]/kəmˈpæɹəbəl/[kəmˈpæɹəbəl] ~ [kəmˈpæɹəbl̩]
  1. Able to be compared (to).

    often
    An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.
    You can't say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing. The two are just not comparable.
  2. Similar (to); like.

    often
  3. Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.

    Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.
  4. Having comparative and superlative forms.

    "Big" is a comparable adjective because it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; "unique" and "amazing", in contrast, are not comparable adjectives.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English comparable, from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis. By surface analysis, compare + -able.

noun/ˈkɒmpəɹəbəl/[ˈkʰɒmpʰəɹəbəl] ~ [ˈkʰɒmpʰɹəbl̩]/kəmˈpæɹəbəl/[kəmˈpæɹəbəl] ~ [kəmˈpæɹəbl̩]
  1. Something suitable for comparison.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English comparable, from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis. By surface analysis, compare + -able.

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