comparison
US: /kəmˈpɛɹəsən/
UK: /kəmpˈæɹɪsən/
UK: /kəmpˈæɹɪsən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
comparison /kəm'pærisn/
- danh từ
- sự so sánh
- to bear (stand) comparison with: có thể so sánh với
- beyond all comparison: không thể so sánh được, không thể bì được
- to bring into comparison: đem so sánh
- by comparison
- khi so sánh
- in comparison with
- so với
- sự so sánh
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] ~ (with sb/sth) the process of comparing two or more people or things: Comparison with other oil-producing countries is extremely interesting. + I enclose the two plans for comparison. + The education system bears / stands no comparison with that in many Eastern European countries (= it is not as good). + For Durkheim, comparison was the most important method of analysis in sociology.
2 [C] ~ (of A and / to / with B)
~ (between A and B) an occasion when two or more people or things are compared: a comparison of the rail systems in Britain and France + comparisons between Britain and the rest of Europe + a comparison of men's salaries with those of women + It is difficult to make a comparison with her previous book-they are completely different. + You can draw comparisons with the situation in Ireland (= say how the two situations are similar). + a comparison of the brain to a computer (= showing similarities)
Idioms: by comparison (written) used especially at the beginning of a sentence when the next thing that is mentioned is compared with sth in the previous sentence: By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year. + His problems seemed trivial by comparison.
by / in comparison (with sb/sth) when compared with sb/sth: The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first. + The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York's skyscrapers.
there's no comparison used to emphasize the difference between two people or things that are being compared: In terms of price there's no comparison (= one thing is much more expensive than the other).
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Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 contrasting, contrast, juxtaposing, juxtaposition, balancing, balance, weighing:
His comparison of the candidates is prejudiced.
2 match, similarity, resemblance, likeness, comparability, relation, relationship, commensurability, kinship, point of agreement or correspondence:
There is no comparison between a racing car and a family car.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
favourable, unfavourable | broad, crude, simple | close, detailed, direct | fair, good, meaningful, useful, valid | unfair
VERB + COMPARISON
draw, make
It's difficult to make a direct comparison?the two things are so different.
| allow, enable, facilitate, invite
The similarity between the two invites comparison.
| bear, stand
Our problems don't bear comparison with those elsewhere.
PREP.
by ~ (with)
Jane is still quite young, and Fiona seems old by comparison.
| for ~
Let's put them side by side for comparison.
| in ~ to/with
The glasses are small in comparison with the old ones.
| ~ between
a comparison between figures for last year and this year
| ~ with
a comparison with other schools
PHRASES
a basis for comparison
to provide a basis for comparison
| a point of comparison
Concise English dictionary
comparisons-'pærɪsn
noun
+examining resemblances or differences
+relation based on similarities and differences
+qualities that are comparable
