MEANING
Similar enough in relevant respects to permit a useful comparison.
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- comparable data
- comparable groups
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The two studies used comparable measures.
The researchers selected comparable groups.
The figures were not directly comparable.
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Primary category: academic. Forms: More comparable; most comparable where degree is meaningful; relational uses are normally non-gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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