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COMPARING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of examining resemblances

Example:

the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator

Synonyms:

comparing; comparison

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("comparing" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "comparing"):

likening (the act of comparing similarities)

analogy (drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect)

collation (careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement)

confrontation (a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison)

contrast (the act of distinguishing by comparing differences)

Derivation:

compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of)

compare (consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb compare

Credits

 Context examples: 

Derived from comparing the occurrence date of the medical condition (PerformedMedicalConditionResult. occurrenceDateRange) with the subject participation in the study (PerformedStudySubjectMilestone. studyReferenceDateRange).

(Performed Medical Condition Result Medical History Indicator, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

After all, I reflected, I was like my neighbours; and then I smiled, comparing myself with other men, comparing my active good-will with the lazy cruelty of their neglect.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

NOTE(S): This is derivable by comparing the dates of the scheduled activity with the corresponding performed activity.

(Performed Activity Delay Duration, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Disease Steps in multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal study comparing disease steps and EDSS to evaluate disease progression.

(Patient Determined Disease Steps Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Comparing the health of control animals with the health of treated animals allows researchers to evaluate the effects of a treatment more accurately.

(Control animal, NCI Dictionary)

This process is used to diagnose specific types of leukemia and lymphoma by comparing the cancer cells to normal cells of the immune system.

(Immunophenotype, NCI Dictionary)

A study comparing low- and high-glycemic index diets found no significant difference between the two plans in reducing cardiovascular risk or reversing insulin resistance.

(Low-glycemic diets may not improve cardiovascular outcomes when compared to high-glycemic diets, NIH)

Comparing this with information about other comets, scientists suggest in a new study that many more comets than previously thought could have delivered water to Earth.

(Comet Provides New Clues to Origins of Earth's Oceans, NASA)

From comparing notes afterwards it was but an hour and a quarter, yet it appeared to me that the night must have almost gone, and the dawn be breaking above us.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"It's like his writing," faltered Meg, comparing it with the note in her hand.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)