Synonym: contrast, liken, match, measure. Similar words: comparable, comparison, by comparison, in comparison with, company, accompany, companion, keep company with. Meaning: [kəm'peə] n. qualities that are comparable. v. 1. examine and note the similarities or differences of 2. be comparable 3. consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous 4. to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb.
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181 Making international comparisons Great care should be taken in using real output percapita figures to compare different countries' standards of living.
182 They see our larger capacities, and compare our, to them, successful strivings with their unrequited ones.
183 Second, for those studies that compare few countries, is the most different systems design or most similar systems design used?
184 Scroll through a long document in a DOS word processor, then compare that to wading through a Word for Windows file.
185 Compare the people with one another and identify what they have in common, and what you approve and disapprove of.
186 The technology to implement the displacement of oil by burning coal with gas does riot compare in complexity with these wartime developments.
187 Back to back bar charts can be used as back to back stem and leaf displays were to compare two distributions.
188 A deprivation score was used to compare the relative deprivation or affluence of rural and urban areas. Sentencedict.com
189 It is crucial to distinguish between formal and informal styles of language before one can compare dialects in an accurate way.
190 How does the less drastic task of captaining a cricket team compare?
191 We are not told how these risks compare with, say, working as an air hostess, or as a policewoman.
192 Can he compare these facts about the national health service with the fictions put out by the Labour Front Bench?
193 Let us compare the sets in El delincuente honrado and La conjuracion de Venecia, when both protagonists await their execution.
194 Many employing organisations nowadays pay salaries which compare favourably with those paid to graduates in other employment sectors.
195 When we compare the political cultures of our five countries we shall have the occasion to discuss these questions again.
196 Compare carefully the costs of these link ups with the true costs of bringing people together physically.
197 It would be useful to have specific state and federal emissions standards for facilities like this, standards to compare against.
198 The Muses had no instrument peculiar to them, but their voices were lovely beyond compare.
199 These points values are also included in the Army List entries, but are repeated here so that you can compare them.
200 The Kruskal-Wallis test and the Mann-Whitney U test were used to compare groups as appropriate.
201 In this respect we compare very unfavourably with our continental neighbours.
202 This project will estimate the benefits and costs of wildlife habitats and compare the results using different valuation techniques.
203 Crawley will compare the ecology of engineered and conventional varieties of three crops: potatoes, oilseed rape and sugar beet.
204 Pupils could be asked to compare and contrast their own area with another different area.
205 Pupils will at first no doubt compare and contrast the past and the present.
206 It will compare different methods of recruitment, identify opportunities for involvement and stress the importance of a programme of social events.
207 Compare this with most mammals, in which mating is timed to coincide much more precisely with the release of an ovum.
208 Compare the formal Would you care for some coffee? with the informal Want some coffee?
209 Enemy models attempting to fight against the chariot in hand-to-hand fighting always compare their weapon skill against that of the crew.
210 One doesn't need to compare and contrast - It's a moment one can be justly proud of.
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