standard of comparison

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English

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Noun

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standard of comparison (plural standards of comparison)

  1. (linguistics) That which something is compared to in a comparative construction.

Usage notes

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In the sentence ‘Mary is taller than Peter’, the noun ‘Peter’ is the standard of comparison.

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