Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comparative case

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
com-par-a-tive -case
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A case used to mark a likeness to something, or that two things have the same quantity of something. It corresponds roughly to the English adverb "like". Languages that use the comparative case include Mari, Nivkh, and Chechen.

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What does comparative case mean?
A case used to mark a likeness to something, or that two things have the same quantity of something. It corresponds roughly to the English adverb "like". Languages that use the comparative case include Mari, Nivkh, and Chechen.

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