"compare" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəmˈpɛɚ/ [General-American], [kəmˈpɛɚ] [General-American], [kəmˈpɛɹ] [General-American], [kəmˈpeɚ] [General-American], [kəmˈpeɹ] [General-American], /kəmˈpɛə/ [Received-Pronunciation], [kəmˈpɛː] [Received-Pronunciation], [kəmˈpɛə] [Received-Pronunciation], [kəmˈpeə] [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-compare.ogg Forms: compares [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|comparen}} Middle English comparen, {{der|en|fro|comparer}} Old French comparer, {{der|en|la|comparare||to prepare, procure}} Latin comparare (“to prepare, procure”), {{ncog|ang|metan}} Old English metan Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} compare (countable and uncountable, plural compares)
  1. (uncountable) Comparison. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-compare-en-noun-Gf224FOg
  2. (countable, programming) An instruction or command that compares two values or states. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-compare-en-noun-6V6kUAs7 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  3. (uncountable, obsolete) Illustration by comparison; simile. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cp. [abbreviation], comp. [abbreviation] Derived forms: beyond compare Related terms: contrast

Verb

IPA: /kəmˈpɛɚ/ [General-American], [kəmˈpɛɚ] [General-American], [kəmˈpɛɹ] [General-American], [kəmˈpeɚ] [General-American], [kəmˈpeɹ] [General-American], /kəmˈpɛə/ [Received-Pronunciation], [kəmˈpɛː] [Received-Pronunciation], [kəmˈpɛə] [Received-Pronunciation], [kəmˈpeə] [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-compare.ogg Forms: compares [present, singular, third-person], comparing [participle, present], compared [participle, past], compared [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], compare [infinitive]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|comparen}} Middle English comparen, {{der|en|fro|comparer}} Old French comparer, {{der|en|la|comparare||to prepare, procure}} Latin comparare (“to prepare, procure”), {{ncog|ang|metan}} Old English metan Head templates: {{en-verb}} compare (third-person singular simple present compares, present participle comparing, simple past and past participle compared) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1|stem=compar}}
  1. (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y. Tags: transitive Translations (to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another): krahasoj (Albanian), قَارَنَ (qārana) (Arabic), قارن (gāran, qāran) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), համեմատել (hamematel) (Armenian), ৰিজোৱা (rizüa) (Assamese), তুুলনা কৰা (tuulona kora) (Assamese), birokan (Bau Bidayuh), параўно́ўваць (paraŭnóŭvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), параўна́ць (paraŭnácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), তুলনা করা (tulona kora) (Bengali), сравня́вам (sravnjávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), сравня́ (sravnjá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), စာ (ca) (Burmese), စက် (cak) (Burmese), နှိုင်း (hnuing:) (Burmese), comparar (Catalan), (bǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 比較 (Chinese Mandarin), 比较 (bǐjiào) (Chinese Mandarin), porovnávat [imperfective] (Czech), porovnat [perfective] (Czech), srovnávat [imperfective] (Czech), srovnat [perfective] (Czech), sammenligne (Danish), jævnføre (Danish), vergelijken (Dutch), iemfyör (Elfdalian), kompari (Esperanto), võrdlema (Estonian), bera saman (Faroese), verrata (Finnish), vertailla (Finnish), comparer (French), comparar (Galician), შედარება (šedareba) (Georgian), vergleichen (German), komparieren (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌽 (galeikōn) (Gothic), συγκρίνω (sygkríno) (Greek), παραβάλλω (paravállo) (Greek), השווה \ הִשְׁוָה (hishvá) (Hebrew), तुलना करना (tulnā karnā) (Hindi), összehasonlít (Hungarian), összevet (Hungarian), bera saman (Icelandic), miða við (Icelandic), komparar (Ido), bandingkan (Indonesian), rinnoittaa (Ingrian), paragonare (Italian), 比べる (kuraberu) (alt: くらべる) (Japanese), 比較する (hikaku suru) (alt: ひかくする) (Japanese), ប្រៀបធៀប (priəp thiəp) (Khmer), ធៀប (thiəp) (Khmer), ទូរ (tuu) (Khmer), ប្រដូច (prɑɑdouc) (Khmer), ប្រៀប (priəp) (Khmer), 비교하다 (bigyohada) (Korean), 비유하다 (biyuhada) (Korean), 견주다 (gyeonjuda) (Korean), ປຽບທຽບ (pīap thīap) (Lao), comparō (Latin), salīdzināt (Latvian), lyginti (Lithuanian), споре́дува (sporéduva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), спо́реди (spóredi) [perfective] (Macedonian), сра́внува (srávnuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), whakatairite (Maori), whakataurite (Maori), comparen (Middle English), comparisounen (Middle English), харьцуулах (xarʹcuulax) (Mongolian), veardidit (Northern Sami), buohtastahttit (Northern Sami), sammenligne (Norwegian), jamføre (Norwegian), samanlikna (Norwegian Nynorsk), metan (Old English), مقایسه کردن (moqâyase kardan, moqâyese kardan) (Persian), porównywać [imperfective] (Polish), porównać [perfective] (Polish), comparar (Portuguese), compara (Romanian), cumparegliar (Romansch), congualar (Romansch), cumparar (Romansch), сра́внивать (srávnivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сравни́ть (sravnítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), coimeas (Scottish Gaelic), поредити [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), упоредити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), porediti [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), uporediti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), porovnávať [imperfective] (Slovak), porovnať [perfective] (Slovak), primerjati [imperfective] (Slovene), primeriti [perfective] (Slovene), comparar (Spanish), parangonar (Spanish), equiparar (Spanish), cotejar (Spanish), linganisha (Swahili), jämföra (Swedish), sammanlikna (Swedish), муқоиса кардан (muqoyisa kardan) (Tajik), муқиёс кардан (muqiyos kardan) (Tajik), เปรียบเทียบ (bprìiap-tîiap) (Thai), སྡུར (sdur) (Tibetan), karşılaştırmak (Turkish), порі́внювати (porívnjuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), порівня́ти (porivnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), přirunać (Upper Sorbian), so sánh (Vietnamese), so (Vietnamese), cymharu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-compare-en-verb-LoLKAVT6 Disambiguation of 'to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another': 70 17 9 2 2
  2. (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"]. Tags: transitive Translations (to declare two things to be similar in some respect): شَبَّهَ (šabbaha) (Arabic), 類比 (Chinese Mandarin), 类比 (lèibǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), hasonlít (Hungarian), comparen (Middle English), comparisounen (Middle English), porovnať (Slovak), porovnávať (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-compare-en-verb-JiWpFT6K Disambiguation of 'to declare two things to be similar in some respect': 12 63 3 20 1
  3. (transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (to form the three degrees of comparison of): спрягам (sprjagam) (Bulgarian), stupňovat (Czech), gradbøje (Danish), steigern (German), fokoz (Hungarian), споре́дува (sporéduva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), stopniować (Polish), dèan coimeas air (Scottish Gaelic), stupňovať (Slovak), linganisha (Swahili), komparera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-compare-en-verb-zHHFehWo Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to form the three degrees of comparison of': 10 2 85 1 1
  4. (intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative). Tags: intransitive Translations (to be similar): сравнявам се (sravnjavam se) (Bulgarian), 可比 (kěbǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), být srovnatelný (Czech), stemme overens (Danish), overeenstemmen (Dutch), übereinstimmen (German), összevethető (Hungarian), összehasonlítható (Hungarian), споре́дува (sporéduva) (Macedonian), сра́вниваться (srávnivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), сравни́ться (sravnítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), byť porovnateľný (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-compare-en-verb-cAG6Ow~e Disambiguation of 'to be similar': 10 31 2 56 0
  5. (obsolete) To get; to obtain. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-compare-en-verb-ut6n23Wh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cp. [abbreviation], comp. [abbreviation] Related terms: comparand, comparandum, comparative, comparison, cf

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "You can't compare my problems and yours.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "ref": "1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:",
          "text": "Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.",
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          "with",
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        "(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [\"to compare X with Y\"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y."
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        "transitive"
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          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "krahasoj"
        },
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          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qārana",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "قَارَنَ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "gāran, qāran",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "قارن"
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          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hamematel",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "համեմատել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "rizüa",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "ৰিজোৱা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "tuulona kora",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "তুুলনা কৰা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "sne",
          "lang": "Bau Bidayuh",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "birokan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "paraŭnóŭvacʹ",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "параўно́ўваць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "paraŭnácʹ",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "параўна́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "tulona kora",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "তুলনা করা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sravnjávam",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сравня́вам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sravnjá",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сравня́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "ca",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "စာ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "cak",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "စက်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hnuing:",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "နှိုင်း"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "comparar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǐ",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "比"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "比較"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǐjiào",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "比较"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "porovnávat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "porovnat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "srovnávat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "srovnat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "sammenligne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "jævnføre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "vergelijken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "ovd",
          "lang": "Elfdalian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "iemfyör"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "kompari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "võrdlema"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "bera saman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "verrata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "vertailla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "comparer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "comparar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šedareba",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "შედარება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "vergleichen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "komparieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "galeikōn",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sygkríno",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "συγκρίνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "paravállo",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "παραβάλλω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hishvá",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "השווה \\ הִשְׁוָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tulnā karnā",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "तुलना करना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "összehasonlít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "összevet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "bera saman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "miða við"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "komparar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "bandingkan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "rinnoittaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "paragonare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "alt": "くらべる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kuraberu",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "比べる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "alt": "ひかくする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hikaku suru",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "比較する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "priəp thiəp",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "ប្រៀបធៀប"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "thiəp",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "ធៀប"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tuu",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "ទូរ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "prɑɑdouc",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "ប្រដូច"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "priəp",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "ប្រៀប"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bigyohada",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "비교하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "biyuhada",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "비유하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyeonjuda",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "견주다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pīap thīap",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "ປຽບທຽບ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "comparō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "salīdzināt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "lyginti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sporéduva",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "споре́дува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "spóredi",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "спо́реди"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "srávnuva",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сра́внува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "whakatairite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "whakataurite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "comparen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "comparisounen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xarʹcuulax",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "харьцуулах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "veardidit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "buohtastahttit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "sammenligne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "jamføre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "samanlikna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "metan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "moqâyase kardan, moqâyese kardan",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "مقایسه کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "porównywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "porównać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "comparar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "compara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "cumparegliar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "congualar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "cumparar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "srávnivatʹ",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сра́внивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sravnítʹ",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сравни́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "coimeas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "поредити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "упоредити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "porediti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "uporediti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "porovnávať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "porovnať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "primerjati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "primeriti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "přirunać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "comparar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "parangonar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "equiparar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "cotejar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "linganisha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 17 9 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
          "word": "jämföra"
        },
        {
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          "word": "སྡུར"
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          "sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
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          "_dis1": "10 31 2 56 0",
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        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:",
          "text": "Shall pack-horses[…]compare with Caesar's?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be similar (often used in the negative)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 28:",
          "text": "To fill his bags, and richesse to compare.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get; to obtain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ],
        [
          "obtain",
          "obtain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To get; to obtain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəmˈpɛɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kəmˈpɛɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kəmˈpɛɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kəmˈpeɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kəmˈpeɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəmˈpɛə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kəmˈpɛː]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kəmˈpɛə]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kəmˈpeə]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-compare.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/En-us-compare.ogg/En-us-compare.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/En-us-compare.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "cp."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "comp."
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "krahasoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qārana",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "قَارَنَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "gāran, qāran",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "قارن"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hamematel",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "համեմատել"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "rizüa",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "ৰিজোৱা"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "tuulona kora",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "তুুলনা কৰা"
    },
    {
      "code": "sne",
      "lang": "Bau Bidayuh",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "birokan"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "paraŭnóŭvacʹ",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "параўно́ўваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "paraŭnácʹ",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "параўна́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "tulona kora",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "তুলনা করা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sravnjávam",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сравня́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sravnjá",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сравня́"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "ca",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "စာ"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "cak",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "စက်"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hnuing:",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "နှိုင်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "comparar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐ",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "比"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "比較"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐjiào",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "比较"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "porovnávat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "porovnat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "srovnávat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "srovnat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "sammenligne"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "jævnføre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "vergelijken"
    },
    {
      "code": "ovd",
      "lang": "Elfdalian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "iemfyör"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "kompari"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "võrdlema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "bera saman"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "verrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "vertailla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "comparer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "comparar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šedareba",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "შედარება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "vergleichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "komparieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "galeikōn",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sygkríno",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "συγκρίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paravállo",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "παραβάλλω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hishvá",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "השווה \\ הִשְׁוָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tulnā karnā",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "तुलना करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "összehasonlít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "összevet"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "bera saman"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "miða við"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "komparar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "bandingkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "rinnoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "paragonare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くらべる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kuraberu",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "比べる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひかくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hikaku suru",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "比較する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "priəp thiəp",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "ប្រៀបធៀប"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "thiəp",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "ធៀប"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tuu",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "ទូរ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑɑdouc",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "ប្រដូច"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "priəp",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "ប្រៀប"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bigyohada",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "비교하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "biyuhada",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "비유하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeonjuda",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "견주다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pīap thīap",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "ປຽບທຽບ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "comparō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "salīdzināt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "lyginti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sporéduva",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "споре́дува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "spóredi",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "спо́реди"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "srávnuva",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сра́внува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "whakatairite"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "whakataurite"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "comparen"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "comparisounen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xarʹcuulax",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "харьцуулах"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "veardidit"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "buohtastahttit"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "sammenligne"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "jamføre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "samanlikna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "metan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "moqâyase kardan, moqâyese kardan",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "مقایسه کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "porównywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "porównać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "comparar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "compara"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "cumparegliar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "congualar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "cumparar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "srávnivatʹ",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сра́внивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sravnítʹ",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сравни́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "coimeas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "поредити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "упоредити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "porediti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uporediti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "porovnávať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
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      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "jämföra"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "sammanlikna"
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "muqoyisa kardan",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "муқоиса кардан"
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "muqiyos kardan",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "муқиёс кардан"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprìiap-tîiap",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "เปรียบเทียบ"
    },
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      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sdur",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "སྡུར"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "karşılaştırmak"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "porívnjuvaty",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "порі́внювати"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "porivnjáty",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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      "word": "порівня́ти"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "so sánh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
      "word": "so"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šabbaha",
      "sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
      "word": "شَبَّهَ"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
      "word": "類比"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lèibǐ",
      "sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
      "word": "类比"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
      "word": "hasonlít"
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    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
      "word": "comparen"
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      "code": "enm",
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      "sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
      "word": "comparisounen"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sprjagam",
      "sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
      "word": "fokoz"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sporéduva",
      "sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
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      "word": "споре́дува"
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      "sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
      "word": "stopniować"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
      "word": "dèan coimeas air"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
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    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
      "word": "linganisha"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
      "word": "komparera"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sravnjavam se",
      "sense": "to be similar",
      "word": "сравнявам се"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kěbǐ",
      "sense": "to be similar",
      "word": "可比"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to be similar",
      "word": "být srovnatelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to be similar",
      "word": "stemme overens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to be similar",
      "word": "overeenstemmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be similar",
      "word": "übereinstimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be similar",
      "word": "összevethető"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to be similar",
      "word": "összehasonlítható"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "srávnivatʹsja",
      "sense": "to be similar",
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      "word": "сра́вниваться"
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      "word": "сравни́ться"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "to be similar",
      "word": "byť porovnateľný"
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