comparable

  1. Adjective.  (context, often with ''to'') Able to be compared (to).
  2. Adjective.  (context, often with ''to'') Similar (to); like.
  3. Adjective.  (mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
  4. Adjective.  (grammar) Said of an adjective that can take the three degrees of comparison.
  5. Noun.  Something suitable for comparison.

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