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English to English adjective
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relating to or based on or involving comparison |  | Example: comparative linguistics
source: wordnet30
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estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete | | Example: a relative stranger
source: wordnet30
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Of or pertaining to comparison. | | source: webster1913 noun
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the comparative form of an adjective or adverb | | Example: `faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'
`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'
`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'
source: wordnet30
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The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives. | | source: webster1913
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