Definition: 1. Qualities that are comparable. 2. Examine and note the similarities or differences of. 3. Be comparable. 4. Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.
Use 'compare' in a sentence:
1. Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books.
2. Listen, if you always compare yourself with others, you'll never feel good enough.
3. I was at a disadvantage compared to the younger members of the team.
4. How do I compare?
5. Similar calculations can be used to compare the U.S. and other countries.
6. They compared how these organisms behaved when left in contact with different materials.
7. Also, do your best not to compare yourself to others.
8. The critics compared his work to that of Martin Amis.
9. I've had some difficulties, but they were nothing compared to yours.
10. The flowers here do not compare with those at home.
11. This exercise teaches you to compare yourself only to yourself.
12. Can you compare different kinds of advertising methods?
13. This law is a good idea compare this protection with seat belts.
14. The cost was peanuts compared to a new kitchen.
15. You have to make sure you're comparing like with like.
16. All the plans would have to provide standard benefit packages that would be easy to compare.
17. It also means to weigh ideas, to compare and contrast assertions, to connect one generalization to another.
18. Give learners the chance to compare and contrast good and bad solutions to the problems.
19. Many bees go out, but none tries to compare all sites.
20. Then they could compare outcomes for each group.
21. Compare, for example, an English driver at a set of traffic lights with a Brazilian.
22. We compared the two reports carefully.
23. For example, modest joggers should not compare their performance with Olympic standard marathon runners.
24. Women are smoking two extra cigarettes a week, compared with four years ago.
25. When you compare your current status with the starting point, you'll find you've made progress, right?
26. When you compare students of equivalent intelligence and past academic achievements, what sets them apart is hope.
27. He programmed his computer to compare the 1,431 possible combinations of pairs in this population.
28. How do they compare with our alternatives?
29. These figures compare favourably with last year's.
30. Suppose we want to compare the economic welfare of citizens of the U.S. and France in 2005.
31. Was it fair to compare independent schools with state schools?
32. Choose a product or service then compare two organisations that produce it.
33. It is particularly interesting to compare the two versions.
34. I can only compare the experience to falling in love.
35. I'm just not sure we can compare it with the industrial age.
36. He's growing very peculiar—when you compare him with what he used to be.
37. Here, the important aspect is to compare with an appropriate reference group.
38. Scientists are attempting to compare features of extinct animals with living analogues.
39. My own problems seem insignificant compared with other people's.
40. It is interesting to compare their situation and ours.
41. This house doesn't compare with our previous one.
42. This school compares with the best in the country.
43. The point of the lesson is to compare the two countries.
44. It's much easier compared with last time.
45. This compares with a 4% increase for the same period last year.
46. Lack of exercise is also a risk factor for heart disease but it's relatively small when compared with the others.
47. All other issues fade into insignificance compared with the struggle for survival.
48. Their prices compare favourably with those of their competitors.
49. Profits have risen by 15 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year.
50. How do the two techniques compare in terms of application?
51. Similar calculations can be used to compare the U.S. and Japan.
52. Managers analyse their company's data and compare it with data on their competitors.
53. Compare the physical properties of the two substances.
54. In this respect, Britain compares unfavourably with other European countries.
55. Standards in health care have improved enormously compared to 40 years ago.
56. He programmed his computer to compare all the possible combinations.
