comparable

From Middle French comparable.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/, /kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɛɹəbl̩/

comparable (comparative more comparable, superlative most comparable)

1. (often with to) Able to be compared (to).

   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. (often with to) Similar (to); like.
   • 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:

     Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.

3. (mathematics) 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. (grammar) Said of an adjective that has a comparative and superlative form.

   "Big" is a comparable adjective, since it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; but "unique" is not comparable, except in disputed, but common, usage.

• comparability
• comparableness
• incomparable
• uncomparable
• non-comparable, noncomparable

comparable (plural comparables)

1. Something suitable for comparison.
   • 2009, January 2, “Fred A. Bernstein”, in Catskill Home Prices: How Low Will They Go?‎:

     And the appraiser said he couldn't come up with comparables, because there hadn't been any sales nearby in several months.

comparable (epicene, plural comparables)

1. comparable

• comparar
• incomparable

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kom.pəˈɾa.blə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kum.pəˈɾa.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kom.paˈɾa.ble/

comparable (masculine and feminine plural comparables)

1. comparable

   Antonym: incomparable

• comparablement

• comparar
• incomparable

• “comparable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl/

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comparable (plural comparables)

1. comparable (suitable to be compared)

• comparabilité

• “comparable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• comparábel

comparable m or f (plural comparables)

1. comparable

• comparar
• incomparábel / incomparable

• IPA^(key): /kompaˈɾable/, [kõmpaˈɾaβle]

comparable (plural comparables)

1. comparable

   Antonym: incomparable

• comparar
• incomparable

• “comparable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.