comparison

Universal Words noun 1 [U] ~ (with sb/sth) the process of comparing two or more people or things: Comparison with other oil-producing countries is extremely interesting. * I enclose the two plans for comparison. * The education system bears / stands no comparison with that in many Eastern European countries (= it is not as good). * For Durkheim, comparison was the most important method of analysis in sociology. 2 [C] ~ (of A and / to / with B)