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comparing

/kəmˈpɛr.ɪŋ/

Tradução: Substantivo que designa a ação de examinar dois ou mais itens para identificar semelhanças e diferenças entre eles., Verbo usado para examinar semelhanças e diferenças entre dois ou mais objetos, pessoas ou ideias. Também pode significar igualar algo a outra coisa ou estabelecer uma analogia.

2 verbetes

noun

B1formalcommon/kəmˈpɛr.ɪŋ/

incontável

A noun referring to the act of examining two or more items to identify similarities and differences.

  • 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa a ação de examinar dois ou mais itens para identificar semelhanças e diferenças entre eles.
  1. Act of examining resemblances B1 formal

    The process of examining two or more items to identify similarities and differences.

    • The comparing of the two paintings revealed many similarities.
    • A careful comparing of the data is necessary for the report.
    • The comparing of different cultures can be fascinating.

    🇵🇹Comparação

    Sinônimos: collationcomparisoncontrastjuxtaposition

verb

A2formalcommon/kəmˈpeər/

A verb used to examine the similarities and differences between two or more things.

  • 🇵🇹Verbo usado para examinar semelhanças e diferenças entre dois ou mais objetos, pessoas ou ideias. Também pode significar igualar algo a outra coisa ou estabelecer uma analogia.
  1. Examine similarities and differences B1 formal

    To examine two or more things to find similarities or differences.

    • We compared the prices of different laptops.
    • The teacher asked us to compare the two poems.
    • He compared his results with those of his colleagues.

    🇵🇹Comparar

    Sinônimos: collatecontrastcorrelatedifferentiatejuxtaposelikenmatchmeasureweigh

  2. Consider as similar B1 formal

    To say that something is similar to something else.

    • Critics compared her voice to that of a famous singer.
    • You can't compare city life with country life.
    • He compared the sunset to a painting.

    🇵🇹Comparar

    Sinônimos: associatebracketequatelikenparallelrelate

    Antônimos: contrastdifferentiatedistinguish

  3. Form degrees of comparison B2 formal

    To form the comparative or superlative form of an adjective or adverb.

    • In English, we compare adjectives by adding '-er' or using 'more'.
    • The word 'good' is compared as 'better' and 'best'.
    • Students learn how to compare adverbs in grammar class.

    🇵🇹Formar graus de comparação

  • compared past participle
  • compared past simple
  • comparing present participle
  • compares third person singular