comparable
pronunciation
How to pronounce comparable in British English:
UK [ˈkɒmpərəbl]
How to pronounce comparable in American English:
US [ˈkɑːmpərəbl]
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- Adjective:
- able to be compared or worthy of comparison
- conforming in every respect
Word Origin
- comparable (adj.)
- early 15c., from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparabilis "capable of comparison," from comparare (see comparison). Related: Comparably; comparability.
Antonym
Example
- 1. The barge used one-tenth as much water as a comparable field farm .
- 2. Roland berger , a consultancy , reckons the comparable figure was only 8 % in the philippines and 1 % in mexico .
- 3. The world health organisation , america 's centres for disease control and the canadian public health association created a new surveillance system to gather comparable data on tobacco use around the world .
- 4. Because the indicators used in the two indices were slightly different , we calculated our index from scratch using comparable data ( though we used a proxy for educational attainment ) .
- 5. Microsoft is not yet translating its search traffic - that 30 percent share in the united states , including the yahoo partnership - into comparable ad dollars .