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• compare like with like — To compare only such things as are genuinely comparable • • • Main Entry: ↑like * * * compare like with like phrase to compare two things that are similar in some way The problem with international price comparisons is that it is very difficult… …   Useful english dictionary

• compare notes (with somebody) — compare ˈnotes (with sb) idiom if two or more people compare notes, they each say what they think about the same event, situation, etc • We saw the play separately and compared notes afterwards. Main entry: ↑compareidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• compare like with like — to compare two things that are similar in some way The problem with international price comparisons is that it is very difficult indeed to compare like with like …   English dictionary

• Compare — Com*pare , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comparing}.] [L.comparare, fr. compar like or equal to another; com + par equal: cf. F. comparer. See {Pair}, {Peer} an equal, and cf. {Compeer}.] 1. To examine the character or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• compare — [kəm per′] vt. compared, comparing [ME comparen < OFr comparer < L comparare < com , with + parare, to make equal < par: see PAR1] 1. to regard as similar; liken (to) [to compare life to a river] 2. to examine in order to observe or… …   English World dictionary

• compare — ► VERB 1) (often compare to/with) estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between. 2) (compare to) point out or describe the resemblances of (something) with. 3) (usu. compare with) be similar to or have a specified… …   English terms dictionary

• compare apples and/to/with oranges — to compare things that are very different To compare large trucks with compact cars is to compare apples with oranges. • • • Main Entry: ↑compare compare apples and/to/with oranges see ↑compare, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑orange …   Useful english dictionary

• compare — com|pare1 W1S1 [kəmˈpeə US ˈper] v [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: comparer, from Latin comparare, from compar like , from com ( COM ) + par equal ] 1.) [T] to examine or judge two or more things in order to show how they are similar to or… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• compare — I n. beyond compare II v. 1) to compare advantageously, favorably; unfavorably 2) (d; intr.) to compare to, with (these roads cannot compare with ours) 3) (d; tr.) to compare to, with (how would you compare this wine with a good French wine?)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• compare — com|pare1 [ kəm per ] verb *** 1. ) transitive to consider how things or people are different and how they are similar: compare something with/to something: Just compare the one that has been cleaned with the others. The results are then compared …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• compare — I UK [kəmˈpeə(r)] / US [kəmˈper] verb Word forms compare : present tense I/you/we/they compare he/she/it compares present participle comparing past tense compared past participle compared *** 1) a) [transitive] to consider how things or people… …   English dictionary