compare

confrontare, comparare

Esaminare due o più cose per vedere somiglianze e differenze.

In inglese semplice: To look at two or more things to see how they are alike or different.

• Compare the two pictures.
• We compared prices before buying the tickets.
• How does this year’s result compare with last year’s?

Come si usa: compare A with B (Compare this answer with your first one.); compare A to B (She compared the new model to the old one.)

Sinonimi: collate

Espressioni comuni: compare prices, compare with something, compare notes

reggere il confronto

Avere una qualità o un valore simile a quello di qualcos’altro.

In inglese semplice: To be similar in quality or value to something else.

• Nothing can compare with home.
• This cheap coffee does not compare with hers.
• How do the two hotels compare?

Come si usa: compare with someone/something (No other singer can compare with her.); compare to someone/something (The copy does not compare to the original.)

Sinonimi: measure up

Espressioni comuni: compare with something, nothing can compare, does not compare

formare i gradi

Indicare la forma base di un aggettivo e le sue forme comparativa e superlativa.

In inglese semplice: To give an adjective’s basic form and its forms meaning more and most.

• Can you compare this adjective?
• The teacher asked us to compare “small.”
• We compared several irregular adjectives in class.

Espressioni comuni: compare an adjective, compare irregular adjectives