comparable

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpəɹəbəl/ / [ˈkʰɒmpʰəɹəbəl] ~ [ˈkʰɒmpʰɹəbl̩] / /kəmˈpæɹəbəl/

Etymology: From Middle English comparable, from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis. By surface analysis, compare + -able.

Able to be compared (to).
“An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.”
“You can't say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing. The two are just not comparable.”
Similar (to); like.
“Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.”
Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
“Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.”
Having comparative and superlative forms.
“"Big" is a comparable adjective because it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; "unique" and "amazing", in contrast, are not comparable adjectives.”

Etymology: From Middle English comparable, from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis. By surface analysis, compare + -able.

Something suitable for comparison.
“And the appraiser said he couldn't come up with comparables, because there hadn't been any sales nearby in several months.”