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COMPARATIVE DEGREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The comparative form of an adjective or adverb
Example:
'more surely' is the comparative of the adverb 'surely'
Synonyms:
comparative; comparative degree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("comparative degree" is a kind of...):
adjective (a word that expresses an attribute of something)
adverb (a word that modifies something other than a noun)
Domain member usage:
best; better ((comparative and superlative of 'well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable)
better ((comparative of 'good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another)
finer ((comparative of 'fine') greater in quality or excellence)
worse ((comparative of 'bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability)
better ((comparative of 'good') changed for the better in health or fitness)
farthermost; farthest; furthermost; furthest; utmost; uttermost ((comparatives of 'far') most remote in space or time or order)
earlier; earliest ((comparative and superlative of 'early') more early than; most early)
more; more than ((comparative of 'much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree)
less ((comparative of 'little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree)
more ((comparative of 'many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number)
fewer ((comparative of 'few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of)
worse ((comparative of 'ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner)
closer; nearer; nigher ((comparative of 'near' or 'close') within a shorter distance)
