comparable English · revision 8040

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1413|origins=la comparo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkɒmpəɹəbəl/, /kəmˈpæɹəbəl/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English, [[bor|fro|comparable]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from Latin [[m|la|comparabilis|t=capable of comparison]], from comparāre, to make equal with, liken (see [[compare]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Able to be compared: 1413 in the OED, the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Worthy of comparison, fit to be compared to something, is from 1483.^(OED 1989) ''Comparableness'' is from 1731.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1413 – able to be compared.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1483 – worthy of comparison.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1731 – comparableness.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Able to be [[compare|alt=compared]] with another.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Similar or [[equivalent]]; worthy of comparison.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[comparability]]

+ * [[comparably]]

+ * [[comparableness]]

+ * [[intercomparable]]

+ * [[incomparable]]

+ * [[uncomparable]]

+ * [[comparable worth]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[compare]]

+ * [[comparison]]

+ * [[comparative]]

+ * [[par]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}