Degree of comparison

Synonyms for "degree of comparison" (7 found)

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Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
comparative form

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Noun(2 words)
comparative forms of pathogeniccomparative phrase

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
comparativesmore comparativemost actual

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The degrees of comparison of good are good (positive), better (comparative) and best (superlative).

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The word red is an adjective, in the dogmatical or positive degree of comparison.

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There are commonly reckoned three degrees of comparison, namely: the positive, comparative and superlative; though, strictly speaking, there are but two degrees, the positive being merely the state of the adjective itself.

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Among the degrees of comparison, some have enumerated equality; as when we say, "It is as sweet as honey."

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