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comparison

feature of grammar where adjectives or adverbs are modified to indicate a degree of comparison
Class type of: grammatical category, inflection Q577714

Facts

4 properties
Subclass of
grammatical category, inflection[1][2]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15)[4][5]
Different from
Gradation[6]
Said to be the same as
degree of comparison[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en comparison en degree ar أفعل تفضيل cs stupňování cs komparace cs gradace da komparation de Graduierung de Komparation (Grammatik) de Gradation el σύγκριση es comparación es grado fa همسنجش (دستور زبان) fi vertailuaste fr comparaison fr degré de comparaison he השוואה (דקדוק) he שווי hu fokozás
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85029307
GND ID
4131615-0
OpenAlex ID
C2778400572
FAST ID
871370
Freebase ID
/m/02rsv4q
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4165598
ISOCAT ID
4923
NL CR AUT ID
ph467701
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007545491005171
New Encyclopedic Dictionary of Czech ID
STUPŇOVÁNÍ
SVKKL authority ID
0263223-stupnovani-mluvnice
YSO ID
16779
Show all 13 identifiers +1
Yale LUX ID
concept/a558a94b-d018-4946-98be-bf4bb947f5a8

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🔗 Connections
← Facet of 4
superlative, comparative, positive, elative
Subclass of 2
inflection, grammatical category
Different from 1
Gradation
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    JSTOR topic ID (archived) → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ JSTOR topic ID (archived): superlatives"
  2. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0263223-stupnovani-mluvnice
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0263223-stupnovani-mluvnice, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 24w 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 */ YSO ID: 16779, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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