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comparative English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word comparative once they have reached the level B2 – Upper Intermediate. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning comparative meaning

What does comparative mean?

Definitions in simple English

comparative Adjective

— You use comparative to show that something is not great but is better than something else. They lived in the comparative comfort of her uncle's house.

— You use comparative to show that someone or something is not quite a beginner, etc., but almost the same as one. The absent father was a comparative stranger to the son.

— Comparative study is a form of study that looks at how things are alike and different. The study of how the anatomy of animals are alike and different is called comparative anatomy.

comparative Noun

— A comparative is a form of a comparable adjective. You use it to show that something is "more big", "more good", etc. For example:

— is a comparable adjective and bigger is the comparative.

— ' is a comparable adjective. Its comparative is more intelligent. My students always forget the -er in comparatives.

comparative

— adjective relating to or based on or involving comparison comparative linguistics

— noun (= comparative degree) the comparative form of an adjective or adverb 'faster' is the comparative of the adjective 'fast' 'less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective 'famous' 'more surely' is the comparative of the adverb 'surely'

— adjective (= relative) estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete a relative stranger

Synonyms comparative synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as comparative?

comparative English » English

relative

comparative degree

relational

superlative

rival

respective

relevant

relatival

proportional

pertinent

parallel

germane

correlative

complementizer

camparable

Examples comparative examples

How do I use comparative in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Comparative studies are now making rapid progress.

Movie subtitles

I maintain, after many years of comparative analyses, that primitive moon-rock contains more gold than the earth's mountains.

Wouldn't you infinitely prefer the comparative purity of an old biscuit tin?

We're comparative newcomers.

Give comparative identification between the actor Karidian and Governor Kodos.

I'll take you to a place of comparative safety, then I must find the captain.

Medical banks. Compute, describe subject's physical age, using established norms as comparative base.

I'll run both their samples for a full comparative tricorder test.

The trained eye determines on the basis of a comparative test of these elements. the supposed criminal tendencies. of an individual.

Comparative.

Comparative what?

Comparative ratios remain constant throughout time.

Only as a comparative religion.

I've always been a student of comparative religion.

You've taken comparative grammar? - No.

One either travels in comparative discomfort or in complete discomfort.

McCoy has shown too much experience and punching power for Bender, who is a comparative novice.

Has daughter, Lenore, 19 years old. Give comparative identification between actor Karidian and Governor Kodos.

He lectures here at the university on comparative religions.

I am in your country for one year to lecture on comparative religions at the university.

I'll run both their blood samples through for a full comparative test in the tricorder.

You have achieved all this on your own, Dr Reinhardt. and you would have every right to reject the request of a comparative stranger, but.

You've done more than enough already Mr. Beaumont, for a comparative.

We walk in comparative strangers, we walk out comparative friends.

I've hardly had time to make a comparative survey.

Give comparative identification between actor Karidian and Governor Kodos.

Compute, describe subject's physical age, using established norms as comparative base.

The hell of Venus is in stark contrast with the comparative heaven of its neighboring world our little planetary home, the Earth.

I don't want to hear all this chatter about ethics, morals and comparative history.

Feedback from the solar comparative. No.

We hear a lot about the great social mobility in America. with the focus usually on the comparative ease of moving upwards.

News and current affairs

Improved agricultural productivity would benefit rural areas and give farmers a comparative share in the Union's growing wealth.

Wages and prices fell, but not enough to allow Argentina to compete effectively, especially since many of the agricultural goods which constitute Argentina's natural comparative advantages face high hurdles in entering the markets of rich countries.

Members will specialize in industries in which they lack comparative advantage, undercutting the main reason to support free trade in the first place.

These Justices regularly travel to colloquia on comparative constitutional law and see themselves as part of an international community of high court judges.

Back at the macro level, China needs to reallocate responsibilities and resources among the various levels of government, in order to capitalize on their comparative advantage in providing services and raising revenue.

With trade liberalization, the cost of ignoring comparative advantage soars.

Who needs to study languages and comparative literature?

Public schooling, too, can release people from the poverty trap, because highly educated people have a comparative advantage in raising quality children.

Marshall's economics - the equilibrium economics of comparative statics, of shifts in supply and demand curves, and of accommodating responses - is of almost no help in accounting for this.

Some US industries, such as chemicals and plastics, will gain a significant comparative advantage in production costs.

Of course, today, these countries may not have a comparative advantage in many of these activities, and some will argue that countries should stick to their strengths.

From this perspective, these countries' comparative advantage is having other countries exploit their resources.

What matters is dynamic comparative advantage, or comparative advantage in the long run, which can be shaped.

The multilateral lenders advocated a development strategy based on the theory of comparative advantage and unbridled economic liberalization.

But curtailing social programs in both Europe and Russia would jeopardize human capital, their most valuable comparative advantage.

But China was still a poor, agrarian economy; it held no comparative advantage in capital-intensive industries.

Simply put, there is no substitute for understanding comparative advantage.

It needs a nudge in the appropriate direction, especially when a country has a strong comparative advantage in natural resources.

All members need to be able to exploit comparative advantages within the Single Market, attract capital, and generate jobs.

They hope for an upturn in the economic climate, or to get a comparative advantage in the ferocious competition for first jobs.

The economist David Ricardo pointed out in 1817 that both Great Britain and Portugal would benefit if they exploited their comparative advantages.

And now that China, too, is beginning to lose its comparative advantage in labor-intensive industries, other developing countries - especially in Africa - are set to take its place.

As foreign firms launch operations in the labor-intensive sectors in which Africa has a comparative advantage, they will train the local workforce.

These comparative advantages may keep Japan above water for a while, but only until China or South Korea catch up.