comparative
- Adjective. Of or relating to comparison.
- Adjective. Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
- Adjective. Approximated by comparison; relative.
- Adjective. (obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
- 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''.
- Noun. (grammar) A word in the '''comparative''' form.
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