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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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English
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I. compare [Brit kəmˈpɛː, Am kəmˈpɛr] N

a beauty/leader beyond compare
une beauté/un chef incomparable
to be brave beyond compare
être incomparablement courageux/-euse

II. compare [Brit kəmˈpɛː, Am kəmˈpɛr] VB trans

1. compare (contrast):

compare
comparer
to compare sb/sth with or to
comparer qn/qc à or avec
to compare notes with sb fig
échanger ses impressions avec qn

2. compare (liken):

compare
comparer (to à)

3. compare LING:

compare adjective, adverb
former les degrés de comparaison de

III. compared with PREP

compared with
par rapport à

IV. compare [Brit kəmˈpɛː, Am kəmˈpɛr] VB intr

compare
être comparable (with à)
the two televisions compare well for price
les deux téléviseurs sont comparables du point de vue du prix
to compare favourably/unfavourably with sth
soutenir/ne pas soutenir la comparaison avec qc
how do they compare?
et si on les compare?
how does this job compare with your last one?
comment trouvez-vous cet emploi par rapport au précédent?

V. to compare oneself with, to compare oneself to VB refl

to compare oneself with,to compare oneself to refl:

to compare oneself with, to compare oneself to
se comparer à
it is instructive to compare…
il est instructif de comparer…
French
French
English
English
comparé (comparée)
compared attr
comparé à
compared with
comparativement à
compared with
comparer (pour évaluer)
to compare (à, avec with)
comparer (assimiler)
to compare (à to)
comparer deux objets/hommes (entre eux)
to compare two things/men
se comparer à qn/qc (pour évaluer)
to compare oneself with sb/sth
se comparer à qn/qc (s'assimiler)
to compare oneself to sb
en comparaison de
by comparison with, compared with
par comparaison avec ou à
compared with
si tu fais la comparaison
if you compare them
confronter (comparer)
to compare
auprès de
compared with
mes problèmes ne sont rien auprès des tiens
my problems are nothing compared with yours
être avantagé par rapport à qn
to be at an advantage compared with sb
75% des usagers se disent satisfaits contre 60% lors de l'enquête précédente
75% of users were satisfied compared with 60% at the time of the previous survey

in the PONS Dictionary

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English
French
French

I. compare [kəmˈpeəʳ, Am -ˈper] VB trans

compare
comparer

II. compare [kəmˈpeəʳ, Am -ˈper] VB intr

compare
être comparable

Phrases:

to compare favourably with sth
faire le poids avec qc
sth is small beer compared to sth
qc est insignifiant par rapport à qc
French
French
English
English
comparer
to compare
se comparer à qn
to compare oneself to sb
confronter
to compare
auprès de qn/qc
compared to sb/sth
rivaliser avec qc
to compare with sth
opposer des personnes/des choses
to compare people/things
opposer qn/qc et [ou à] qn/qc
to compare sb/sth with sb/sth
par rapport à qn/qc (proportionnellement)
compared to sb/sth
rapprocher idées, thèses
to compare
se mesurer à qn
to compare oneself with sb
in the PONS Dictionary
English
English
French
French

I. compare [kəm·ˈper] VB trans

compare
comparer

II. compare [kəm·ˈper] VB intr

compare
être comparable

Phrases:

to compare favorably with sth
faire le poids avec qc
sth is small beer compared to sth
qc est insignifiant par rapport à qc
French
French
English
English
comparé à
compared with
comparer
to compare
se comparer à qn
to compare oneself to sb
confronter
to compare
auprès de qn/qc
compared to sb/sth
rivaliser avec qc
to compare with sth
par rapport à qn/qc (proportionnellement)
compared to sb/sth
opposer qn/qc et [ou à] qn/qc
to compare sb/sth with sb/sth
se mesurer à qn
to compare oneself with sb
Present
Icompare
youcompare
he/she/itcompares
wecompare
youcompare
theycompare
Past
Icompared
youcompared
he/she/itcompared
wecompared
youcompared
theycompared
Present Perfect
Ihavecompared
youhavecompared
he/she/ithascompared
wehavecompared
youhavecompared
theyhavecompared
Past Perfect
Ihadcompared
youhadcompared
he/she/ithadcompared
wehadcompared
youhadcompared
theyhadcompared
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