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comparable

/kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/
noun
  1. Something suitable for comparison.

adjective
  1. (often with to) Able to be compared (to).

    "An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus."

  2. (often with to) Similar (to); like.

  3. Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.

    "Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not."

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