Definizione monolingua

comparable

comparable (plural comparables)

1. Something suitable for comparison
   • 2009 January 2, Fred A. Bernstein, “Catskill Home Prices: How Low Will They Go?”:

     And the appraiser said he couldnt come up with comparables, because there hadnt been any sales nearby in several months.

comparable (comparative more comparable, superlative most comparable)

1. (often with to) Able to be compared (to).

   An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.

   You cant say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing. The two are just not comparable.

2. (often with to) Similar (to); like.
3. (mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.

   Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.

4. (grammar) Said of an adjective that can take the three degrees of comparison.

   ""Big"" is a comparable adjective, since it can take the forms ""bigger"" and ""biggest""; but ""unique"" is not comparable, except in disputed, but common, usage.

Definizione dizionario comparable

	agguagliabile
	Capable of being compared.

	comparabile
	able to be compared

comparàbile

confrontabile

equiparabile

paragonabile

Altri significati:

(often with '''to''' ) Able to be compared (to).

(mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.

Something suitable for comparison

(often with '''to''' ) Similar (to); like.

(grammar) Said of an adjective that can take the three degrees of comparison.