compare
/kəmˈpɛː/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
kəm - ˈpɛː -> compare
(v) နှိုင်း ယှဉ်သည်။ နှိုင်းယှဉ်ကြည့်သည်။ ခိုင်းနှိုင်းသည်။ နှိုင်းသည်။ နှိုင်းယှဉ်နိုင်သည်။ ယှဉ်နိုင်ခြေရှိသည်။
၁။ ~ A and B; ~ A with/to B နှိုင်း ယှဉ်သည်။ နှိုင်းယှဉ်ကြည့်သည်။
Compare (the style of) the two poems. ❍ If you compare her work with his/If you compare their work, you'll find hers is much better. ❍ Compared to many people she's quite rich. See also CF
၂။ ~ A to B ခိုင်းနှိုင်းသည်။ နှိုင်းသည်။
Poets have compared sleep to death.
၃။ ~ with sb/sth နှိုင်းယှဉ်နိုင်သည်။ ယှဉ်နိုင်ခြေရှိသည်။ This cannot compare with that (ie No comparison is possible because they are so different). ❍ He cannot compare with (ie is not nearly as great as) Shakespeare as a writer of tragedies. ❍ Our prices compare very favourably with those of our competitors.
❏ beyond compare [IDM ] (fml ) ပြိုင်ဘက်ကင်းသည်။ ပြိုင်စံမပေါ်။ တုနှိုင်းမမီ။
a diamond beyond compare in its beauty.
❏ compare notes (with sb) [IDM ] အမြင်ဖလှယ်သည်။ We saw the play separately and compared notes afterwards.
- [compare something with/to something] : Just compare the one that has been cleaned with the others.
- The results are then compared to the results of previous studies.
- [compare and contrast] : The research aims to compare and contrast policies in British, American, and Japanese firms.
- [compare with] : How does the UK’s performance compare with that of other European countries?
- [compare favourably/unfavourably/well] : About 2.5% of Scottish land is registered organic: that compares very favourably with the European average.
- [something doesn’t compare (with something)] : It’s a good university, but its architecture doesn’t compare with that of the older institutions.
- [compare something to something] : The band has been compared to the Beatles.
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