compare

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun qualities that are comparable
  2. verb examine and note the similarities or differences of
  3. verb be comparable

Etymology

From Middle English comparen, from Old French comparer, from Latin comparare (“to prepare, procure”), from compar (“like or equal to another”), from com- + par (“equal”). Displaced native Old English metan (“to compare,” also “to measure”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

comparison, equivalence, comparability

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