comparability
noun
also kəm-ˌpa-rə-, -ˌper-ə-
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Definition of comparability
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Synonyms & Antonyms for comparability
Synonyms
alikeness, community, correspondence, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, similarity, similitude
Antonyms
difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinctiveness, distinctness, unlikeness
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Examples of comparability in a Sentence
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Taken together, the president’s approval rating among midterm voters stood at about 45.5 percent, excluding the voters who did not express an opinion (for comparability, measures of the president’s approval will exclude voters without an opinion). — Nate Cohn, New York Times, "Trump’s Electoral College Edge Could Grow in 2020, Rewarding Polarizing Campaign," 19 July 2019 Adjusted to exclude certain items affecting comparability, earnings rose 13% to 62 cents a share. — Annie Gasparro, WSJ, "Starbucks U.S. Sales Bump Up After Price Hike," 26 July 2018 Excluding items impacting comparability, adjusted earnings fell 52% to 25 cents a share, in line with analysts’ expectations. — Cara Lombardo, WSJ, "Campbell Soup to Sell International Business and Fresh Unit," 30 Aug. 2018 The desire for comparability prompts some of the most intensive or imaginative cleaning. — Robyn Autry, The Atlantic, "How Racial Data Gets 'Cleaned' in the U.S. Census," 5 Nov. 2017 The dataset tallied 2.4 million trees from 3,000 species in an exacting fashion to ensure comparability across each forest. — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, "Why Do We See More Species in Tropical Forests? The Mystery May Finally Be Solved," 7 July 2017 If Chapman has comparability to Eric Chavez, then Barreto leans toward Miguel Tejada, an offensive-minded middle infielder who still needs some work on his defense. — Carl Steward, The Mercury News, "A’s impressive future will be on display throughout the minor leagues," 29 Mar. 2017 First-quarter revenue increased 4.9 percent to $692.6 million, or 0.8 percent when adjusting for deals and excluding, for better comparability, the political/advocacy advertising and content licensing revenue in both periods. — Etan Vlessing, Billboard, "Univision First-Quarter Earnings Drop," 11 May 2017 However, when adjusted for comparability, backing out one-time items, fund from operations were flat across the two quarters at 47 cents. — baltimoresun.com, "COPT's profit swells in first quarter," 28 Apr. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'comparability.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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