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$p) [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of people who work or perform together JgiJ @9; LB M: a theatre/dance, etc. company Jg(J ® , MM ffl# 0 the Royal Shakespeare Company Htfc#. $ Si ffl

                 BEING WITH SB A£ Afc—ife 3 [U] the fact of being with

sb else and not alone [$«#; M#: I enjoy Jo’s company (= I enjoy being with her).   &--•-«££<> 0 She

enjoys her own company (= being by herself) when she is travelling. ilifiglfTo o The children are very good company (= pleasant to be with) at this age.

0 a pleasant evening in the company of friends A &H-* t&8L                fife o He’s

coming with me for company.

                 GUESTS 4 [U] {formal) guests in your house

: I didn’t realize you had company. 7 IS ^Ao

                 GROUP OF PEOPLE A 5 [U] {formal) a group of people together fE — £2 £ft — A : She told the assembled company what had happened.

Eft A0 0 It is bad manners to whisper in company (= in a group of people). £ & A® m

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                 SOLDIERS 6 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of soldiers that is part of a battalion

IT»T?1 the company sb keeps the people that sb spends time with     A; {A# ;  ifi.

Eft A: Judging'by the company he kept, Mark must have been a wealthy man. HI Ug A #r 3c ft Eft AAf'J^r, it —JiHi H It 0 get into/keep bad company to be friends with people that others disapprove of AifA;$: ft in company with sb/sth {formal) together with or at the same time as sb/sth A      M A■••• N : She

arrived in company with the ship’s captain. MA4tH£.t* fij o o The US dollar went through a difficult time, in company with the oil market. A X A X ift X & B Eft I?: in good 'company if you say that sb is in good company, you mean that they should not worry about a mistake, etc. because sb else, especially sb more important, has done the same thing (

®mA, A^JiM WlftA ) MIM keep sb 'company to stay with sb so that they are not alone lift if; RHf: I’ll keep you company while you’re waiting, iff. # A Eft 7 Pn # ft o two’s 'company (, three’s a 'crowd) (saying) used to suggest that it is better to be in a group of only two people than have a third person with you as well MAl&# ( H AA^ ) — more at part v., present adj.

company ‘car noun a car which is provided by the company that you work for (    AMSM&Eft ) ft A 7

.company .sergeant major noun an officer of middle rank in the army

corn-par able /'kmnparabl; NAmE 'ka:m-/ adj. ~ (to/ with sb/sth) similar to sb/sth else and able to be compared {ft Eft; A tfc Eft: A comparable house in the south of the city would cost twice as much. — j^Stcfft 0 The situation in

the US is not directly comparable to that in the UK. H il WitHA^BMAIMliffiffco o Inflation is now at a rate comparable with that in other European countries.

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par-abil-ity /.kDmpara'bilati; NAmE ,ka:m-/ noun [U]: Each group will have the same set of questions, in order to ensure comparability. A fift $ A tfc ffc, fg-—j#fij

com para tive /kam'paerativ/ adj., noun adj. 1 connected with studying things to find out how similar or different they are tfc & Eft ; tfc Eft : a comparative study of the educational systems of two countries MBffcWit'JffiEfttfc&fiEf^ o comparative linguistics tfc iff g ^ 2 measured or judged by how similar or different it is to sth else tfc&fflffEft; itftftEft HIT! relative : Then he was living in comparative comfort (= compared with others or with his own life at a previous time), ftfe IP W ft fg- tfc $£ iS 0 0 The company is a comparative newcomer to the software market (= other companies have been in business much longer).       &|CftAtB)ftM WIfc

ft 7 o 3 {grammar /A) relating to adjectives or adverbs that express more in amount, degree or quality, for example better, worse, slower and more difficult tfc £$ Eft ( ft better , worse , slower ft more difficult) — compare superlative

a noun (grammar \§?£) the form of an adjective or adverb that expresses more in amount, degree or quality ( ^ul^cSTwIEft) tfc®£jUf/X: ‘Better’ is the comparative of ‘good’ and ‘more difficult’ is the comparative of ‘difficult’. * better good Eft tfc $£          ; more difficult Ji

difficult Eft ttSAJL — compare superlative

comparative lin guistics noun [u] the study of how related languages are similar and different, especially in order to discover things about a language that both these languages came from, and that no longer exists

com para tive ly /kam'paerativli/ adv. as compared to sth/sb else tfciA_h; At ±tk EOTl relatively : The unit is comparatively easy to install and cheap to operate. %mA&tfcgt#,l£$m.Rftig AM. 0 He died comparatively young (= at a younger age than most people die). ft£EAft£Eft7A° 0 comparatively fewAow/rare/recent tfc $$ A / {& / ¥ jiL; H |efl ± ft A $£

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com pare On /kam'pea(r); NAmE - perl verb, noun

m verb 1 [abbr. cf., cp.) [VN] ~ A and B | ~ A with/to B to

examine people or things to see how they are similar and how they are different tfc$$; A tfc: It is interesting to compare their situation and ours. fE #, ill (ft 9A {ft A) fc 111 ift +1 tfc iE W M ® □ O We compared the two reports carefully. AREitfe tfc^7 WAlt#0 o We carefully compared the first report with the second, ftcfijfftffl tfcjfc 7 W>—{ft JB. % ffl % X ifr jg. ^ „ o My own problems seem insignificant compared with other people’s. -A jji| A (ft fft Sffitfc,          O Standards in

health care have improved enormously compared to 40 years ago. A 40 AJuffitfc, 7LX^M^7jcX#f'J7®AM jtj 0 2 [V] ~ with/to sb/sth to be similar to sb/sth else, either better or worse A;-   ) : This school

compares with the best in the country (= it is as good as them). &J^#AA£ISII$f        o This holLse

doesn’t compare with our previous one (= it is not as good). &  7 tfc 7 ± iU leX ml W o o I’ve had some

difficulties, but they were nothing compared to yours (= they were not nearly as bad as yours). ^ il 31 7 :ffiA#ift®imfc&«Jr7±ft-77o o Their prices compare favourably with those of their competitors.       3 [VN] ~ A

to B to show or state that sb/sth is similar to sb/sth else ••• A-ffifW; tfc A: The critics compared his work to that of Martin Amis, if T •        IT»T?1 compare 'notes (with

sb) if two or more people compare notes, they each say what they think about the same event, situation, etc. ( A- ) )

mnoun IflTBl beyond/without com'pare (literary) better than anything else of the same kind A A ffc tfc ; ^ tti:

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Com pari son CH» /kam'paerisn/ noun

                 [U] ~ (with sb/sth) the process of comparing two or

more people or things tfc : Comparison with other oil-producing countries is extremely interesting. AKf&X iEfiAASff-tfc^JIXSWBMo oi enclose the two plans for comparison.   W tfc^0 0 The

education system bears/stands no comparison with that in many Eastern European countries (= it is not as good).

                 [C] ~ (of A and/to/with B) | ~ (between A and B) an

occasion when two or more people or things are compared A tfc; tt: a comparison of the rail systems in Britain and France 31S fP j£;iH ^ $? % tft Vc ^ 0 comparisons between Britain and the rest of Europe B A 0C  Ift (ft tfc S o a comparison of men’s

salaries with those of women HA‘I$f$Jtfc!$ 0 It is difficult to make a comparison with her previous book—they are completely different. $£ A M VJ, HU

A tfc        M # M #c ^ X [sj W c O You can draw

comparisons with the situation in Ireland (= say how the two situations are similar).