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comparable

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com·pa·ra·ble  (kmpr--bl)
adj.
1. Admitting of comparison with another or others: "The satellite revolution is comparable to Gutenberg's invention of movable type" Irvin Molotsky.
2. Similar or equivalent: pianists of comparable ability.

compa·ra·bili·ty, compa·ra·ble·ness n.
compa·ra·bly adv.

comparable
Adjective
1. worthy of comparison
2. able to be compared (with)
comparability n
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Adj.1.comparable - able to be compared or worthy of comparison
equal - having the same quantity, value, or measure as another; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law"
parallel - being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
incomparable, uncomparable - such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared; "an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data"
2.comparable - conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year"
same - closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year"

comparable
adjective 1. equal, equivalent, on a par, tantamount, a match, proportionate, commensurate, as good << OPPOSITE unequal
adjective 2. similar, related, alike, corresponding, akin, analogous, of a piece, cognate, cut from the same cloth
Translations
Spanish comparable [ˈkɔmpərəbl] adjcomparable
French comparable [ˈkɔmpərəbl] adjcomparable
German comparable [ˈkɔmpərəbl] adjvergleichbar
Italian comparable [ˈkɔmpərəbl] adjcomparabile

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There are some of us now reaching middle age who discover themselves to be lamenting the past in one respect if in none other, that there are no books written now for children comparable with those of thirty years ago.
The poet, that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well: It is a pleasure, to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure, to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth
They could not have been written in quite so many places as times, but they enjoyed a comparable variety of origin.
 
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