| NOUN | communication | comparative degree, comparative | the comparative form of an adjective or adverb |
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| Meaning | The comparative form of an adjective or adverb. | |
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| Example | "'less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective 'famous'" | |
| Synonym | comparative | |
| Broader | adjective | A word that expresses an attribute of something |
| adverb | A word that modifies something other than a noun | |
| Usage | better | (comparative of 'good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability |
| better | (comparative of 'good') changed for the better in health or fitness | |
| better, best | (comparative and superlative of 'well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable | |
| earlier, earliest | (comparative and superlative of 'early') more early than | |
| farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost | (comparatives of 'far') most remote in space or time or order | |
| fewer | (comparative of 'few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of | |
| finer | (comparative of 'fine') greater in quality or excellence | |
| less | (comparative of 'little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning / meaning not as great in amount or degree | |
| more, more than | (comparative of 'much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning / meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree | |
| more | (comparative of 'many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number | |
| nearer, nigher, closer | (comparative of 'near' or 'close') within a shorter distance | |
| worse | (comparative of 'bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability | |
| worse | (comparative of 'ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner | |
| Spanish | comparativo, grado comparativo | |
| Catalan | comparatiu | |
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