Vergleich {m} | Vergleiche {pl} | im Vergleich | im Vergleich zu; Im Vergleich mit | Vergleiche ziehen; Vergleiche anstellen | in keinem Vergleich zu etw. stehen | dem Vergleich standhalten mit
comparison | comparisons | by comparison | in comparison with; compared with; compared to | to make comparisons; to draw comparisons | to be out of all proportion to sth. | to stand comparison with; to bear comparison with [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Comparison \Com*par"i*son\ (? or ?), n. [F. comparaison, L.
comparatio. See 1st {Compare}.]
1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or
differences; relative estimate.
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As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human
beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay.
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The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old
Testament afford many interesting points of
comparison. --Trench.
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2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a
state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared;
as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there
is no comparison between them.
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3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as
being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
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Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with
what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30.
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4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise,
which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees
of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are
examples of comparison.
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5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared
to another, or the two are considered with regard to some
property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g.,
the lake sparkled like a jewel.
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6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is
supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
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{Beyond comparison}, so far superior as to have no likeness,
or so as to make comparison needless.
{In comparison of}, {In comparison with}, as compared with;
in proportion to. [Archaic] "So miserably unpeopled in
comparison of what it once was." --Addison.
{Comparison of hands} (Law), a mode of proving or disproving
the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it
with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to
ascertain whether both were written by the same person.
--Bouvier. --Burrill.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Comparison \Com*par"i*son\, v. t.
To compare. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
comparison
n 1: the act of examining resemblances; "they made a comparison
of noise levels"; "the fractions selected for comparison
must require pupils to consider both numerator and
denominator" [syn: {comparison}, {comparing}]
2: relation based on similarities and differences
3: qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two
books"; "beyond compare" [syn: {comparison}, {compare},
{equivalence}, {comparability}]
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