plural of comparative literature

simple past tense and past participle of compare notes

present participle of compare notes

To exchange information and ideas about related experiences.

(linguistics) A kind of comparative sentence that superficially seems acceptable but actually has no clear meaning. Example: "More people have been to Russia than I have."

plural of comparative illusion

plural of absolute comparative

(grammar) The use of a comparative to indicate a relatively high degree of some quality, without explicitly making a comparison, as in "higher education".

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of compare