comparable

1. (often)Able to be compared (to).

   An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.

   You can't say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing. The two are just not comparable.

   vergleichbar, steigerbar, komparabel

   сравни́мыйsravnímyj, сопостави́мыйsopostavímyj

   порівня́ннийporivnjánnyj

   able to be compared or worthy of comparison

2. (often)Similar (to); like.

3. Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.

   Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.

4. Having comparative and superlative forms.

   "Big" is a comparable adjective because it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; "unique" and "amazing", in contrast, are not comparable adjectives.

1. Her condition is comparable to mine.

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2. This metal is comparable to iron in strength.

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3. As you know, life is comparable to a voyage.

   ruКак вы знаете, жизнь можно сравнить с путешествием.

   deWie Sie wissen, ist das Leben mit einer Reise vergleichbar.

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4. A comparable car would cost far more in Japan.

   deEin vergleichbarer Wagen würde in Japan bei weitem mehr kosten.

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5. People believe that the whale possesses an intelligence comparable to man's.

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