[{"word":"compares","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Comparison.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An instruction or command that compares two values.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Illustration by comparison; simile.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [\"to compare X with Y\"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra."},{"definition":"To declare two things to be similar in some respect [\"to compare X to Y\"].","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs."},{"definition":"(grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We compare \"good\" as \"good\", \"better\", \"best\"."},{"definition":"To be similar (often used in the negative).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare."},{"definition":"To get; to obtain.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compare","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compares"]}]