Definitions for compare

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compare com·pare

Spelling: [kuh m-pair]

IPA: /kəmˈpɛər/

Compare is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 271 anagrams from letters in compare (acemopr).

Definitions for compare

noun

1. comparison:

Idioms

1. compare notes. note (def 32).

verb (used with object)

1. to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences:
2. to consider or describe as similar; liken: .
3. Grammar. to form or display the degrees of comparison of (an adjective or adverb).

verb (used without object)

1. to be worthy of comparison; be held equal:
2. to appear in a similar standing:
3. to differ in quality or accomplishment as specified:
4. to vie; rival.
5. to make a comparison:

Origin of compare

1375-1425; late Middle English comparen Latin comparāre to place together, match, verbal derivative of compar alike, matching (see com-, par

Examples for compare

"compare the living face with the pictured one," said the painter.

Neither Lyons, Bordeaux, Nantes, can compare with it for sumptuosity.

To compare, Lana Del Rey sold over 100,000 copies that same week.

Or I might compare them to cherubs, haunting that holy place.

Now compare that to what happened when Sarah Palin's emails were released.

compare that to Guardians of the Galaxy which opened in Korea on July 31.

On the score of health they may compare favourably with any race.

And compare, as noted up top, to Secretary Clinton, who spent years quietly pushing a modernized Cuba policy.

Why do I compare him with one whom I thought I had forgotten?

The best way to compare employment totals across many nations is through the International Monetary Fund.