Definition of Comparatives

1. Noun. (plural of comparative) ¹

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Definition of Comparatives

1. comparative [n] - See also: comparative

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comparatives

comparative cases
comparative degree
comparative degrees
comparative ethics
comparative linguist
comparative linguistics
comparative literature
comparative medicine
comparative negligence
comparative pathology
comparative physiology
comparative psychology
comparative superlative
comparatively
comparativeness
comparatives (current term)
comparativist
comparativists
comparator
comparator microscope
comparators
compare
compared
comparer
comparers
compares
comparing
comparingly
comparison
comparison-shop

Literary usage of Comparatives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Comparison of Adjectives in English in the XV and the XVI Century by Louise Pound (1901)
"In the Utopia, beside 48 superlatives in most and 38 in -est are 12 comparatives with more and 38 in -er. Elyot, on the other hand, corresponding to his 1GO ..."

2. A Complete Latin Grammar by Albert Harkness (1898)
"comparatives and Superlatives. — Latin comparatives and Superlatives are generally best rendered by the corresponding English forms, but comparatives may ..."

3. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1892)
"RULE XXIII,- • Ablative with comparatives. 417. comparatives without QUAM are followed by the Ablative :a Nihil est ..."

4. The Rudiments of Latin and English Grammar: Designed to Facilitate the Study by Alexander Adam (1818)
"The conjunction quam is often elegantly suppressed after amplius and plus ; as, Quam is sometimes elegantly placed between two comparatives ; as, ..."

5. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"[For full comparatives, see PUKE. ... [For comparatives, see POKE. ... full comparatives, see PD, and BEWA. ..."

6. English Usage: Studies in the History and Uses of English Words and Phrases by John Lesslie Hall (1917)
"Double comparatives and superlatives are found in various periods of English. Lesser, for instance, is still common in the literature, and foremost is too ..."

7. A compendious German grammar by William Dwight Whitney (1882)
"Declension of comparatives and Superlatives. 1. In general, comparatives and superlatives are subject to the same rules of declension as their positives, ..."

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