comparable
comparable
Definition
com·pa·rable (käm′pə rə bəl, kəm par′ə bəl)
adjective
- that can be compared
- worthy of comparison
Etymology: ME & OFr < L comparabilis
com′·pa·rabil′·ity noun or com′·pa·rable·ness
com′·pa·rably adverb
comparable
Synonyms
comparable
modif.
comparable
Usage Examples
Preposition: at
- baseline: Results Each group contained almost 500 patients, and the groups were comparable at baseline for risk factors and treatments.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- achieve: Nonetheless Scillonian children are more outgoing and confident than their counterparts on the mainland and have consistently achieved examination results comparable to the best.
- demonstrate: Applicants without Master's degrees are occasionally allowed entry, providing they can demonstrate academic skills comparable to a good undergraduate degree.
- produce: Mozart had produced nothing remotely comparable by the same age.
Modifies a noun
- full-timer: Examples Pay Part-timers must not receive a lower basic rate of pay than comparable full-timers.
- efficacy: In the treatment of depressive disorders, paroxetine exhibits comparable efficacy to standard antidepressants.
- corpus: The simple answer is that no comparable corpus of American English currently exists.
- figure: There is no comparable figure for the previous year.
- datum: These two methods clearly do not produce comparable data.
- qualification: For example, it should be made clear that fully comparable overseas qualifications will be as acceptable as a UK qualification.
Used with adjective complement
- remain: The incidence of meningococcal disease remains comparable with the corresponding quarter of 1997.
Modifying Another Word
- broadly: The Turkish diaspora in Europe is broadly comparable to the South Asian diaspora in Europe in several respects.
- roughly: The study guide for each module is divided into units, roughly comparable with a week's study.
- remotely: Mozart had produced nothing remotely comparable by the same age.
- directly: In addition Fortran array storage is directly comparable to the array storage conventions used in Excel.
- internationally: The main purpose of the QLFS is to provide internationally comparable statistics on the levels and changes in employment, unemployment and economic inactivity.
- strictly: These use a range of different parameters for classification, so that they are not strictly comparable.
Preposition: in
- size: The carrier is similar to the Piddle in size and the main river is comparable in size to the middle Wylye.
- respect: The evidence is diverse, detailed and comparable in many respects to the evidence from better-known regions such as Wessex.
Preposition: with
- quarter: The incidence of meningococcal disease remains comparable with the corresponding quarter of 1997.
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