compare and contrast
compare and contrast · compares and contrasts · compared and contrasted · comparing and contrasting
To assess both the similarities and the differences between two or more thingsTo assess both the similarities and the differences between two or more things.
» The explanation below was achieved by comparing and contrasting a variety of different theories.
Meaning
1 sensesTo assess both the similarities and the differences between two or more things.
Examples
2 sentencesThe explanation below was achieved by comparing and contrasting a variety of different theories.
Compare and contrast Cantonese with Mandarin.
Forms
compares and contrasts, comparing and contrasting, compared and contrasted, compared and contrasted| Base form | compare and contrast · to compare and contrast |
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| 3rd person singular | compares and contrasts |
| Present participle | comparing and contrasting |
| Past simple | compared and contrasted |
| Past participle | compared and contrasted |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | compare and contrast |
| he, she, it | compares and contrasts |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | compared and contrasted |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have compared and contrasted |
| he, she, it | has compared and contrasted |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will compare and contrast |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle