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Noun Concept
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comparative  comparative degree
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The comparative form of an adjective or adverb WordNet 3.0
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The comparative form of an adjective or adverb WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In general linguistics, the comparative is a syntactic construction that serves to express a comparison between two entities or groups of entities in quality or degree - see also comparison for an overview of comparison, as well as positive and superlative degrees of comparison. Wikipedia
Syntactic construction that serves to express a comparison between two things or groups of things. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Degree of comparison for adjectives and adverbs Wikidata
A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil. Wiktionary
The form of an adverb or adjective modified by more or ending in -er that is used when comparing two things. Wiktionary
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`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast' WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous' WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely' WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet