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compare
/kom-pair/

vt.

1.
Def.: egpeg-iling
MS: egpeg-iling
If you compare something with another thing, you look at the two things and find the things which are similar and different, and the things which are better and worse.
When I compare the city with the mountains, I am happy that I live in the mountains.
Ke egpeg-ilingen ku ka siyudad wey ka diyè te bubungan egkeupian e pad te diyè te bubungan.
My mother never compares me with my brothers and sisters, she just loves us all.

vt.

2.
Def.: egpeiling
MS: egpeiling
If you compare something to another thing, you say that they are similar.
He compared his wife to a beautiful flower.
Impeiling din ka asawa rin te meupiya ne bulak.

vi.

3.
Def.: me-meupiya, ma-mareet, nekeg-iling (meyitenged te keupiya)
MS: me-meupiya; ma-mareet; nekeg-iling
If one thing compares well with another thing, it is better than it, or equally good. If it compares badly with another thing, it is worse.
I think that Filipino movies compare very well with American movies.
Nekeg-iling dè iya ka Pilipinu ne me salida te keupiya te me salida te Amirika.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0651-0675

comparison
/kom-pæ-rə-sən/

n-uc, n-ct.
Def.: 1 egpeg-iling; 2 pegpeiling
MS: egpeg-iling; pegpeiling
the action of comparing (make a comparison).
Note: senses 1 & 2
In comparison with his friends, my brother is very tall.
Te egpeg-iling te me alukuy rin, ka suled ku ka lalayati.
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Last updated: 17/Jan/2012