Level | A1 |
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Kind | verb |
Front | compare |
IPA | /kəmˈpeə(r) / verb |
Back | karşılaştırmak, kıyaslamak |
Back 2 | compare (verb) /kəmˈpeə(r) / verb
1 [transitive] (abbreviation cf.)
compare A and B; compare A with/to B
to consider people or things in order to
see how similar or how different they are
karşılaştırmak, kıyaslamak
If
you compare the old and the new models, you'll see the changes we've made.
I'm
quite a patient person, compared with (kıyaslanınca) him.
Compared
to the place where I grew up, this town is exciting.
When
the police compared the two letters, they realized that they had been written
by the same person.
2 [intransitive]
compare (with/to sb/sth)
to be as good as sb/sth
kıyaslanmak, kıyas
kabul etmek
Her
last film was brilliant but this one simply doesn't compare.
There
is nothing to compare with the taste of bread fresh from the oven.
This
car compares favourably with more expensive models.
3 [transitive]
compare A to B
to say that sb/sth is similar to sb/sth
else
benzetmek
When
it was built, people compared the stadium to a spaceship.
IDIOM
compare notes (with sb)
to discuss your opinions, ideas,
experiences, etc. with sb else
(fikir, görüş vb.) alışverişinde
bulunmak
At
the beginning of term we met and compared notes about the holidays.
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