comparativeとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/
• (Received 発音, northeastern 米国発音, older southern 米国発音) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪv/
• ハイフネーション: com‧par‧a‧tive
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)

形容詞

comparative (comparative more comparative, superlative most comparative)

1. Of or relating to comparison.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   • (Can we date this quote by Granvill かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     the comparative faculty

2. Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.

   comparative anatomy

3. Approximated by comparison; relative.
   • 2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian‎^[1], London:

     The Olympics, the weather and a comparative lack of heavyweight clashes so far this season have been cited as reasons for the drop in viewers.

   • (Can we date this quote by Whewell かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.

   • (Can we date this quote by Bentley かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that encloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top.

4. (obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.137:

     And need he had of slumber yet, for none / Had suffered more—his hardships were comparative / To those related in my grand-dad's Narrative.

派生語

名詞

comparative (複数形 comparatives)

1. (grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
2. (grammar) A word in the comparative form.
3. (chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
   • 2010, Barry Smith, Introductory Financial Accounting and Reporting (page 171)

     Investment ratios are positive. Comparative or trend data are required to draw final conclusions. The absence of comparatives and trend data constrains the conclusions.

4. (obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
   • (Can we date this quote by Beaumont かつ Fletcher かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     Gerard ever was / His full comparative.

5. (obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Pt. 1, III.ii.67:

     Every beardless vain comparative.

同意語

• (grammar: degree): comparative degree

関連する語

• absolute, absolute superlative, relative superlative, comparative superlative
• degrees of comparison
• superlative

参考

• contrastive

参照

• “comparative” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “comparative” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "comparative" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

アナグラム

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Latin

形容詞

comparātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of comparātīvus

参照

• comparative in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press