Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: comparison
IPA transcription: [kəmp'ɛɹəsən]
Pronunciations of comparison
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: comparison, comparing
    Meaning: the act of examining resemblances; "they made a comparison of noise levels"; "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator"
  • Synonyms: comparison
    Meaning: relation based on similarities and differences
Usage examples
  • Let me add another point of comparison.
  • But that would be quite tame in comparison with this."
  • The comparison is correct down to the dazzling light itself.
  • What was all Europe in comparison with what she was leaving?
  • A thunderstorm seemed a trifle in comparison with what had already happened.
  • CHEST--Broad in comparison to the size of the dog, and proportionately deep.
  • If Richelieu made the king, by comparison, seem small, he made royalty great.
  • Whether intrinsically, or simply in default of comparison, at home he is invariably a great man.
  • That the one was gone was plainly nothing to him in comparison with the fact that the other was left.
  • For this reason we ought to call these conceptions, conceptions of comparison (conceptus comparationis).
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Enceladus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Folding@home, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Derbyshire Constabulary, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Compact Cassette, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Temple Square, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Transit of Venus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hamlet, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Everton F.C., License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Godwin's law, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Masters and Johnson, License CC BY-SA 4.0