comparison

«comparison» in Mova's school dictionary: when you look at two things to see how they are alike or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (comparison, comparisons)

meaning for a pupil

1) A comparison is when you look at two things to see how they are alike or different. tree →

2) A comparison is also saying one thing is like another, as in «as brave as a lion». tree →

sense in the lessons

maths: a statement that one amount is more, less or so many times another; used in lessons about comparing numbers (>, <, =); science: a comparison of two results; English: similes and metaphors are comparisons; phrases: «in comparison», «by comparison», «there is no comparison»

examples

• Make a comparison of the two numbers with > or <. tree →
• The comparison shows that Ann read 12 more pages. tree →
• In comparison, Ben ran twice as far. tree →
• Write a comparison of 3/4 and 2/3. tree →
• «As fast as a cheetah» is a comparison. tree →
• Our class made a comparison of two plants. tree →
• In comparison with the elephant, the mouse is tiny. tree →
• A worm is fat in comparison with me.' tree →

note

Says two amounts are being set against each other: more/fewer means add or subtract, times means multiply or divide. Trap: read which amount is the base of the comparison. Spelling: compar-i-son, not «comparason».

In the corpora

• Good, better, best and bad, worse, worst are irregular comparisons.
• Sometimes a part is told by comparison («10 more than the first»): find that part first.
• Someone else being able to do something does not mean you can; grown-ups call this a false comparison.
• And he said unto them: 'What have I now done in comparison with you?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «comparison» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.