(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
Used in a Sentence
comparatives
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for comparatives.
Editorial note
I keep seeing a whole bunch of comparatives but no explanation of what the baseline is.
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Quick take
(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of comparatives gathered in one view.
(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for comparatives.
noun
(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
noun
(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
Example sentences
I keep seeing a whole bunch of comparatives but no explanation of what the baseline is.
Prob already too late, but there's a lot of market that's searching comparatives and would be fooled by this.
AV Comparatives does testing every few months of performance impact of various AV software and Defender has never scored great there.
If you're into NYC comparatives, its isolation and ethos compares to Staten Island.
Many stay at home parents build wonderful social lives around other parents at playgroups, schools etc and see their friends more than their working comparatives.
There are more options [3] and comparatives [4].
With regards to contentious issues, one obviously gets a look into what the hot-button issues of the day are, as well as (comparatives of) internal political issues in different wiki projects (incl.
As for comparatives: if BBC, Al Jazeera, Russia Today all agree on details (in the context of the Russian war) then I'm pretty confident.
I've still, to this day, not managed to find out any detail about how these apartments are valued for the purpose of the VD wealth taxes (You can impute house price based on comparatives or rent, here obviously rent would be lower).
Another great example of a rule that exists in English that native speakers generally follow without knowing, but is taught to learners of English as a second language, is the rule of which adjectives form comparatives and superlatives by suffixing '-er' and '-est', and which by prefixing 'more' and 'most'.
Quote examples
They then even remove the comparatives and superlatives, to have for example "plushappy".
"Oh, I found a quicker way to compute X, lets write a blog about it" becomes "I should write a library, write docs, run extensive comparatives, then publish it".
There's definitely some aspect of hyperbole, just from the wording there: "the biggest problem is [...], but wait, there's an even bigger problem [than the biggest one]!" Comparatives overriding superlatives aside, I don't necessarily see these two issues as at odds with each other.
Proper noun examples
According to AV Comparatives' tests [1] Avira Free Antivirus performs the best out of all free (gratis) antiviruses for Windows.
It still gets Advanced/Advanced+ ratings from AV Comparatives, and updates signatures about every 5 minutes.
It really was lightweight and had great detection rates and was generally well liked by me and people at AV Comparatives.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use comparatives in a sentence?
I keep seeing a whole bunch of comparatives but no explanation of what the baseline is.
What does comparatives mean?
(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
What part of speech is comparatives?
comparatives is commonly used as noun.