compares

verb

present tense third-person singular of compare
1
as in equates
to describe as similar reviews that compared the adventure movie to a thrilling ride on a roller coaster

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2
as in identifies
to regard or represent as equal or comparable compared the restaurant's food to the nectar of the gods

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Recent Examples of compares Page compares hair going through a brush the way water moves as a river. — Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Kuo compares the situation to that of the iPhone X in 2017, where supply constraints linked to new tech like Face ID meant shortages over the holiday season and sky-high costs among retailers. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 23 Aug. 2026 Debt-to-income ratio (DTI) Your DTI compares your monthly debt obligations with your gross monthly income. — Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026 That compares with roughly eight VLCC transits daily before the war. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Nevertheless, Chang said, Connecticut compares well to many of its peers. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026 That compares with 244% just before the pandemic, 204% at the peak of 2000’s dotcom bubble, and 74% before the 1987 stock market crash known as Black Monday. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 How that compares with the costs that other small businesses take on to open a cafe or restaurant in San Jose is hard to say, according to Marika Krause, public information manager with San Jose’s Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Department. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 As new information reaches the brain, the brain compares it with existing expectations or predictions – shaped by current and past experiences – along with signals from the body. — Mackenzi Moore, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compares
  1. equates
  2. identifies
  3. connects
  4. relates
  5. likens
Verb
  • Summary Common perception equates effective leadership with charisma, often ignoring competent but uncharismatic individuals.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In the realm of the theater, no one exactly equates the number of headshots on a Playbill page with the ultimate fulfillment a stage show provides.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of equates
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  • From names like ChatGPT and Gemini to Meta AI, Perplexity, and even Grok, the report identifies which chatbots are the most privacy-friendly and transparent in their practices and which are the worst offenders.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
  • If a patient identifies a clinical trial at a viable location and wants to be considered, the patient should contact the trial recruiters directly and ask them, Balch said.
    — Michelle Andrews, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of identifies
Verb
  • Jones, who is from Boise, Idaho, learned about a program through his internship supervisor that connects people with extra rooms in their homes with other adults looking for a place to live.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Launched in 2023, her app connects users for in-person group activities like yoga and language exchanges, simplifying the process of forming new friendships.
    — Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of connects
Verb
  • Each and every item relates in some way to the novel’s storyline, yet miraculously, many of the objects were sourced before the book was even written.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Holland’s Spider-Man relates more personally to everyone — friends and foes — than any other superhero; his scenes with the Punisher (Jon Bernthal), Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), Det.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of relates
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  • Advertisement Board chair Bret Taylor likens the AI competition to a chessboard whose critical squares include frontier capability, the price and performance of each token, and the products wrapped around the models.
    — Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Gene Towsel likens the drought in church choirs, especially in the Black church, to biblical times.
    — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of likens

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