Daily Almanac for
Feb 11, 2012
Search: Infoplease Info search tips
Search: Biographies Bio search tips
| Share
 

Dictionary


com•pa•ra•ble



Pronunciation: (kom'pur-u-bul or, sometimes, kum-pâr'-), [key]
—adj.
1. capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
2. worthy of comparison: shops comparable to those on Fifth Avenue.
3. usable for comparison; similar: We have no comparable data on Russian farming.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

comparcomparable worth
    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark
See also:

 

Related Content
A free, reliable Q&A site for homework help. Answerplease.com