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Compare Compared Verb Sb/Sth  /Kəmˈpeə(R)   Karşılaştırmak Kıyaslamak Transitive

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Kind verb
Front compare 
IPA  /kəmˈpeə(r)   / verb
Back karşılaştırmak, kıyaslamak
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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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