{
    "term": "comparison",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the process of comparing two or more people or things",
            "sensetop": "comparison with somebody/somethingfor comparison",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "For Durkheim, comparison was the most important method of analysis in sociology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Comparison with other oil-producing countries is extremely interesting.",
                    "contextForm": "comparison with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two situations **bear no comparison** *(= they are not at all similar)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I enclose the two plans for comparison.",
                    "contextForm": "for comparison"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's put them side by side for comparison."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our problems don't bear comparison with those elsewhere."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pandemic in some respects stands comparison with the Great Fire of London in 1666"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The similarity between the two invites comparison."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a price-comparison site"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to provide a basis for comparison"
                },
                {
                    "text": "One of the groups serves as a comparison group or ‘control’ for the other."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": [
                    "favourable/​favorable",
                    "unfavourable/​unfavorable",
                    "fair"
                ],
                "verb + comparison": ["draw", "make", "perform"],
                "preposition": [
                    "by comparison (with)",
                    "for comparison",
                    "in comparison to"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "a basis for comparison",
                    "a point of comparison",
                    "for the purposes of comparison"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an occasion when two or more people or things are compared",
            "sensetop": "comparison of A and Bcomparison of A with Bcomparison between A and Bcomparison of A to Bcomparison with somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The films are too different for a fair comparison."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a comparison of the rail systems in Britain and France",
                    "contextForm": "comparison of A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a comparison of men’s salaries with those of women",
                    "contextForm": "comparison of A with B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "comparisons between Britain and the rest of Europe",
                    "contextForm": "comparison between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a comparison of the brain to a computer *(= showing what is similar)*",
                    "contextForm": "comparison of A to B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is difficult to **make a comparison** with her previous book—they are completely different.",
                    "contextForm": "comparison with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can **draw comparisons** with the situation in Ireland *(= say how the two situations are similar)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no published information that would allow a **direct comparison** with other regions or countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a comparison with other schools"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a comparison of unemployment rates over the past 15 years"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a comparison between figures for last year and this year"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": [
                    "favourable/​favorable",
                    "unfavourable/​unfavorable",
                    "fair"
                ],
                "verb + comparison": ["draw", "make", "perform"],
                "preposition": [
                    "by comparison (with)",
                    "for comparison",
                    "in comparison to"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "a basis for comparison",
                    "a point of comparison",
                    "for the purposes of comparison"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used especially at the beginning of a sentence when the next thing that is mentioned is compared with something in the previous sentence",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His problems seemed trivial by comparison."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "when compared with somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York's skyscrapers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The glasses are small in comparison with the old ones."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jane is still quite young, and Fiona seems old by comparison."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to seem less important when compared with something else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our problems pale into insignificance when compared to theirs."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize the difference between two people or things that are being compared",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In terms of price there's no comparison *(= one thing is much more expensive than the other)*."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpærɪsn/",
                "audio": "co/comparison/comparison__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpærɪsn/",
                "audio": "co/comparison/comparison__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French comparesoun, from Latin comparatio(n-), from comparare ‘to pair, match’, from compar ‘like, equal’, from com- ‘with’ + par ‘equal’."
}