❏ COMPARE with or to, etc.
☞ compare (T) [~ A and B; ~ A with/to B] (সাদৃশ্য ও বৈসাদৃশ্য) তুলনা করা
[to examine people or things to see how they are similar and how they are different]
Just compare the one that has been cleaned with the others.
Compare the two illustrations in Fig 60.
This matter really isn't very important if you compare it with/to the other problems we've got to deal with.
[to examine people or things to see how they are similar and how they are different]
Just compare the one that has been cleaned with the others.
Compare the two illustrations in Fig 60.
This matter really isn't very important if you compare it with/to the other problems we've got to deal with.
☞ compared with/to sth (কোনকিছুর তুলনায়)
[used when considering the size, quality, or amount of something in relation to something similar]
Compared to our small flat, Hasan’s house seemed like a palace.
Statistics show a 20% reduction in burglary compared with last year.
[used when considering the size, quality, or amount of something in relation to something similar]
Compared to our small flat, Hasan’s house seemed like a palace.
Statistics show a 20% reduction in burglary compared with last year.
☞ compare (I) [ ~ with/to sth] সমান/তুল্য হওয়া
[to consider or suggest that something is similar or equal to something else]
Instant coffee doesn’t compare with freshly ground coffee ( = fresh coffee is much better).
This school compares with the best in the country ( = it is as good as them).
This house doesn't compare with our previous one ( = it is not as good).
Nothing compares to God.
[to consider or suggest that something is similar or equal to something else]
Instant coffee doesn’t compare with freshly ground coffee ( = fresh coffee is much better).
This school compares with the best in the country ( = it is as good as them).
This house doesn't compare with our previous one ( = it is not as good).
Nothing compares to God.
☞ compare (T) [ ~ A to B] (মিল/সমরূপতা নির্দেশ করে) তুলনা করা
[If you compare one person or thing to another, you say that they are like the other person or thing.]
I can only compare the experience to falling in love.
Her novel was compared to the work of Daniel Defoe.
[If you compare one person or thing to another, you say that they are like the other person or thing.]
I can only compare the experience to falling in love.
Her novel was compared to the work of Daniel Defoe.
☞ compare favourably/
[If something compares favourably/ unfavourably with something else, it is better/ worse than it]
The hotel certainly compared favourably with the one we stayed in last year.
[If something compares favourably/ unfavourably with something else, it is better/ worse than it]
The hotel certainly compared favourably with the one we stayed in last year.
☞ compare notes (with sb) (মতামত/ধারনা বিনিময় করা)
[if two or more people compare notes, they each say what they think about the same event, situation, etc.]
We saw the play separately and compared notes afterwards.
Let's compare notes on our experiences.
[if two or more people compare notes, they each say what they think about the same event, situation, etc.]
We saw the play separately and compared notes afterwards.
Let's compare notes on our experiences.
☞ beyond compare (Literary)/ beyond comparison (তুলনার ঊর্ধ্বে/ অতুলনীয়)
The greatness of Allah is beyond compa
Their spa services are fantastic and beyond comparison.
The greatness of Allah is beyond compa
Their spa services are fantastic and beyond comparison.
☞ bear/stand comparison with sb/sth (কারো/কোনকিছুর সমকক্ষ হওয়া) [formal]
[to be as good as someone or something]
The language of the playground bears little comparison with the language of books.
His famous hymn stands comparison with the best of medieval verse.
[to be as good as someone or something]
The language of the playground bears little comparison with the language of books.
His famous hymn stands comparison with the best of medieval verse.
☞ there is no comparison (কোনো তুলনা হয় না/ চলে না)
[If you say there is no comparison between one thing and another, you mean that you think the first thing is much better than the second, or very different from it.]
There is no comparison between such a player and the ordinary casual participant.
[If you say there is no comparison between one thing and another, you mean that you think the first thing is much better than the second, or very different from it.]
There is no comparison between such a player and the ordinary casual participant.
[used for saying that one person or thing is much better than the other]
I never loved her the way I love you: there’s no comparison.
I never loved her the way I love you: there’s no comparison.
☠ compare sth with sth OR compare sth to sth?
He compared Dhaka University with Oxford University and found that there was a world of difference.
Once scientists like Satyendra Nath Bose used to be faculty members at Dhaka University. At that time people compared Dhaka University to Oxford University.
He compared Dhaka University with Oxford University and found that there was a world of difference.
Once scientists like Satyendra Nath Bose used to be faculty members at Dhaka University. At that time people compared Dhaka University to Oxford University.
[(T) = transitive; (I) = intransitive; sb = somebody; sth = something]
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