COMPARED
/kəmˈpɛəd/
15
Scrabble
18
WWF
C(3) O(1) M(3) P(3) A(1) R(1) E(1) D(2)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/kəmˈpɛəd/
verb
- To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.“Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.”
- To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].“Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.”
- (grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).“We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best".”
- To be similar (often used in the negative).“A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.”
- To get; to obtain.
Source: Wiktionary
