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  1. (grammar) A grammatical construction expressing the outcome of a comparison between two items; in English, formed by appending "-er" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting "more" before it.
    The comparative of "big" is "bigger"

Translations

  • Anglo-Saxon: wiþmetenlic , wiþmetendlic ; noun óðere wordmittung f, óðere wordsomnung f;
  • Dutch: vergrotende trap m
  • Finnish: komparatiivi , vertailumuoto
  • Persian: صفت برتر (sefat-e bartar)
  • Spanish: comparativo m
  • Swedish: komparativ n
  • Vietnamese: cấp so sánh

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