noun
1. a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced (Freq. 1)
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on a par with the best
2. essential equality and interchangeability
• Ant: ↑nonequivalence
• Derivationally related forms: ↑equivalent
• Hypernyms: ↑equality
• Hyponyms: ↑parity
3. qualities that are comparable
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no comparison between the two books
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beyond compare
• Syn: ↑comparison, ↑compare, ↑comparability
• Derivationally related forms: ↑comparable (for: ↑comparability), ↑compare (for: ↑compare), ↑compare (for: ↑comparison)
• Hypernyms: ↑likeness, ↑alikeness, ↑similitude
Useful english dictionary. 2012.