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feature of grammar where adjectives or adverbs are modified to indicate a degree of comparison
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comparison

Summary

comparison ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (202 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • comparison is a type of grammatical category[2].
  • comparison is a type of inflection[3].
  • comparison's said to be the same as is recorded as degree of comparison[4].
  • comparison's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[5].
  • comparison's described by source is recorded as Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15)[6].
  • comparison's different from is recorded as Gradation[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include grammatical category[2] and inflection[3].

Why It Matters

comparison ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (202 views/month).[1] comparison has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] comparison is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → degree of comparison
    Subclass of → grammatical category, inflection
    Different from → Gradation
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16779, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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