| compare | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. comparability, compare, comparison, equivalence | qualities that are comparable.; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare" |
| ~ alikeness, likeness, similitude | similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things.; "man created God in his own likeness" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. compare | examine and note the similarities or differences of.; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie" |
| ~ analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" |
| ~ analogise, analogize | make an analogy. |
| ~ collate | compare critically; of texts. |
| ~ compare | be comparable.; "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes" |
| v. (stative) | 3. compare | be comparable.; "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes" |
| ~ compare | examine and note the similarities or differences of.; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ go | be ranked or compare.; "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. compare, equate, liken | consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed" |
| ~ consider, study | give careful consideration to.; "consider the possibility of moving" |
| v. (communication) | 5. compare | to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb. |
| ~ inflect | change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language. |
| compete | | |
| v. (competition) | 1. compete, contend, vie | compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. |
| ~ try for, go for | make an attempt at achieving something.; "She tried for the Olympics" |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
| ~ run off | decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff. |
| ~ race, run | compete in a race.; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" |
| ~ rival | be the rival of, be in competition with.; "we are rivaling for first place in the race" |
| ~ emulate | compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with.; "This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors" |
| ~ rival, equal, match, touch | be equal to in quality or ability.; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents" |
| contend | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. contend, postulate | maintain or assert.; "He contended that Communism had no future" |
| ~ claim | assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing.; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" |
| v. (communication) | 2. argue, contend, debate, fence | have an argument about something. |
| ~ stickle | dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points). |
| ~ spar | fight verbally.; "They were sparring all night" |
| ~ bicker, brabble, pettifog, squabble, niggle, quibble | argue over petty things.; "Let's not quibble over pennies" |
| ~ altercate, argufy, quarrel, dispute, scrap | have a disagreement over something.; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" |
| ~ oppose | be against; express opposition to.; "We oppose the ban on abortion" |
| ~ disagree, take issue, differ, dissent | be of different opinions.; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" |
| ~ converse, discourse | carry on a conversation. |
| v. (communication) | 3. contend, contest, repugn | to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation.; "They contested the outcome of the race" |
| ~ oppose | be against; express opposition to.; "We oppose the ban on abortion" |
| ~ challenge, dispute, gainsay | take exception to.; "She challenged his claims" |
| v. (social) | 4. contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage | come to terms with.; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ extemporize, improvise | manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand.; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" |
| ~ fend | try to manage without help.; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died" |
| ~ hack, cut | be able to manage or manage successfully.; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" |
| ~ rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by | manage one's existence barely.; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary" |
| ~ cope with, match, meet | satisfy or fulfill.; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" |
| v. (competition) | 5. contend, fight, struggle | be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" |
| ~ compete, vie, contend | compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. |
| ~ bear down | exert full strength.; "The pitcher bore down" |
| ~ fistfight | fight with the fists.; "The man wanted to fist-fight" |
| ~ join battle | engage in a conflict.; "The battle over health care reform was joined" |
| ~ tug | struggle in opposition.; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts" |
| ~ fight down, fight, fight back, oppose, defend | fight against or resist strongly.; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" |
| ~ get back, settle | get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury.; "I finally settled with my old enemy" |
| ~ fight back | defend oneself. |
| ~ battle, combat | battle or contend against in or as if in a battle.; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget" |
| ~ war | make or wage war. |
| ~ attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
| ~ duel | fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman.; "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters" |
| ~ joust | joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback. |
| ~ chicken-fight, chickenfight | fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders. |
| ~ tourney | engage in a tourney. |
| ~ feud | carry out a feud.; "The two professors have been feuding for years" |
| ~ skirmish | engage in a skirmish. |
| ~ bandy | exchange blows. |
| ~ fence | fight with fencing swords. |
| ~ box | engage in a boxing match. |
| ~ spar | fight with spurs.; "the gamecocks were sparring" |
| ~ tussle, scuffle | fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters.; "the drunken men started to scuffle" |
| ~ wrestle | engage in a wrestling match.; "The children wrestled in the garden" |
| ~ wage, engage | carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns).; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe" |
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