- comparativeness
- noun see comparative I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
comparativeness
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comparativeness — index balance (equality) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
comparativeness — noun The state or quality of being comparative … Wiktionary
comparativeness — n. quality of being comparative, relativity … English contemporary dictionary
comparativeness — com·par·a·tive·ness … English syllables
comparativeness — noun see comparative I * * * comˈparativeness rare. [f. as prec. + ness.] comparative quality. Athenæum No. 2833. 186 … Useful english dictionary
comparative — I. adjective Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, or constituting the degree of comparison in a language that denotes increase in the quality, quantity, or relation expressed by an adjective or adverb 2. considered as if in comparison to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
comparative — comparatively, adv. comparativeness, n. /keuhm par euh tiv/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to comparison. 2. proceeding by, founded on, or using comparison as a method of study: comparative anatomy. 3. estimated by comparison; not positive or… … Universalium
balance — I (amount in excess) noun carry over, excess, extra, leftover, margin, oddments, overflow, overmeasure, overplus, overrun, oversupply, plus, reliquus, remainder, remaining portion, remains, remnant, residual, residual portion, residue, residuum,… … Law dictionary
balance — Synonyms and related words: Swiss bank account, accommodate, accord, account, account current, account rendered, account stated, adjust, afterglow, afterimage, agree, amount to, analogize, analogousness, aplomb, arrangement, assess, assets,… … Moby Thesaurus
equivalence — Synonyms and related words: accord, accordance, affinity, agreement, analogousness, assent, balance, chorus, coequality, coextension, coherence, coincidence, commensurability, communion, community, comparability, comparableness, comparativeness,… … Moby Thesaurus
