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com·pa·ra·ble       [kom-per-uh-buhl or, sometimes, kuhm-pair-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
2.worthy of comparison: shops comparable to those on Fifth Avenue.
3.usable for comparison; similar: We have no comparable data on Russian farming.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L comparābilis, equiv. to comparā(re) to compare + -bilis -ble]

—Related forms
com·pa·ra·bil·i·ty, com·pa·ra·ble·ness, noun
com·pa·ra·bly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. like, equal, equivalent, similar.
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com·pa·ra·ble       (kŏm'pər-ə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
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.

com'pa·ra·bil'i·ty, com'pa·ra·ble·ness n., com'pa·ra·bly adv.
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comparable

adjective
1. able to be compared or worthy of comparison [ant: incomparable] 
2. conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year" 

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Comparable

Com"pa*ra*ble\, a. [L. comparabilis: cf. F. comparable.] Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.

There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. --Addison. -- Com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Com"pa*ra*bly, adv.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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