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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the comparative form of an adjective or adverb;
- Example: "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"
- Example: "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"
- Example: "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'"
[syn: comparative, comparative degree]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

comparative degree
    n 1: the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "`faster'
         is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous'
         is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'";
         "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'"
         [syn: comparative, comparative degree]