अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.

The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.

of Company

Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.

One of two things compared together.

A making ready; provision.

Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state.

Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.

Of or pertaining to comparison.

The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives.

An equal; a rival; a compeer.

One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.

Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright.

According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely.

An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.

To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "- er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.

To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.

To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.

To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.

To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken.