comparative

  1. Adjective.  Of or relating to comparison.
  2. Adjective.  Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
  3. Adjective.  Approximated by comparison; relative.
  4. Adjective.  (obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
  5. Noun.  (grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding ''more'' or appending ''-er''. For example, the comparative of ''green'' is ''greener''; of ''evil'', ''more evil''.
  6. Noun.  (grammar) A word in the '''comparative''' form.

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