HOW TO PRONOUNCE
comparison
/kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən/
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kum-PAR-ih-sun: stress the middle PAR.
The s has an unvoiced s sound here. Keep the first and last syllables light so the stressed a stands out.
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“The chart allows a direct comparison of the two designs.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does comparison mean?
noun
- The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
- An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.
- With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
More meanings (4)
noun
- A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.
- That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
- A simile.
- The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
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IPA pronunciation
/kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Before we can affirm whether a democratic form of government is economical or not, we must establish a suitable standard of comparison.
For the strength of every emotion is defined by a comparison of our own power with the power of an external cause.
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The strangeness of Mr. Collins’s making two offers of marriage within three days was nothing in comparison of his being now accepted.
It was always a great surprise of his teachers that he was so bright, as one said, in comparison to his standing.
And, lastly, every molecule of Man's organism is also, in reality, an individual, and small only by comparison with the human frame.