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Comparative degree   /kəmpˈɛrətɪv dɪgrˈi/   Listen
Comparative degree

noun
1.
The comparative form of an adjective or adverb.  Synonym: comparative.  "'less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective 'famous'" , "'more surely' is the comparative of the adverb 'surely'"






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"Comparative degree" Quotes from Famous Books



... ealdorman, compounded of the comparative degree of the adjective eald, old, and man), a term implying the possession of an office of rank or dignity, and, in modern times, applied to an office-bearer in the municipal corporations and county councils of England and Wales,and in the municipal ...
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Words linked to "Comparative degree" :   farthermost, adjective, adverb, furthest, closer, best, comparative, finer, worse, more, farthest, uttermost, earlier, nearer, more than, nigher, earliest, furthermost, better, less, fewer, utmost



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