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# comparable

adjective (comparable, more comparable)

«comparable» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Similar in size, amount or quality, so it makes sense to compare them: «two schools of comparable size». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparable/#m1)
2. Able to be compared: «These results are not comparable». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparable/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths and science, fair tests need comparable conditions; results are comparable only if the same units and methods are used. In shopping, comparable products can be compared by price. Formal exam questions use it. Phrases: comparable to, comparable with.

### Examples

- The two towns are comparable in size. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparable/#x1)
- Is a cat's speed comparable to a dog's? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparable/#x2)
- To make it a fair test, the plants need comparable amounts of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparable/#x3)
- This cheap bike is comparable with the expensive one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparable/#x4)
- Prices in the two shops are comparable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparable/#x5)
- The numbers are not comparable because one is in metres and one in feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparable/#x6)

### Note

Stress: «KOM-pruh-bul» (common) or «kom-PAIR-uh-bul». In maths, two quantities must be in the same units to be comparable.

## In Jewish tradition

In Lamentations the precious people of Zion are called comparable to fine gold, to show how valuable they were before the fall of Jerusalem. In the primary lessons: In maths and science, fair tests need comparable conditions; results are comparable only if the same units and methods are used. In shopping, comparable products can be compared by price. Formal exam questions use it. Phrases: comparable to, comparable with.

### Examples

- The Samaritans still to this day preserve a tradition allowing Resh to occur in both single and double forms, bearing a distinction comparable to the difference between the Spanish single r of pero and double rr of perro.\] Taw-Thaw. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comparable/#x1)
- The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! (Writings LAM.4.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comparable/#x2)

### Note

Stress: «KOM-pruh-bul» (common) or «kom-PAIR-uh-bul». In maths, two quantities must be in the same units to be comparable.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «comparable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comparable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«comparable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/comparable.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «comparable» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comparable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«comparable» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/comparable.html) on Mova free.