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Definition of comparatives:

(adj) : Of or relating to comparison.
(adj) : Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
(adj) : Approximated by comparison; relative.
(n) : (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).
(n) : (grammar) An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
(n) : (chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.

Definition of comparatives:

(adj) : Of or relating to comparison.
(adj) : Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
(adj) : Approximated by comparison; relative.
(n) : (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).
(n) : (grammar) An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
(n) : (chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.

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