## Meanings
1. To look at two or more things to see how they are similar or different.
2. To say that one thing is like another in some way.
3. To be as good as or similar to something else (often used in the negative).

## Examples
- I compared my haircut to my friend's.
- Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.
- This car does not compare with our line of far superior cars.

## Derived Forms
- comparable
- comparee
- comparingly
- incompared
- intercompare
- miscompare
- recompare
- uncompared

## Related Forms
- cf
- comparand
- comparandum
- comparative
- comparison
- contrast

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: comparen
- Root: comparer
- Root: comparare

## Etymology
From Middle English comparen, from Old French comparer, from Latin comparare (“to prepare, procure”), from compar (“like or equal to another”), from com- + par (“equal”). Displaced native Old English metan (“to compare,” also “to measure”).

## AI Etymology
compare is a verb. It is from Middle English comparen, from Old French comparer, from Latin comparare (“to prepare, procure”), from compar (“like or equal to another”), from com- + par (“equal”). Displaced native Old English metan (“to compare,” also “to measure”). Historical forms in the chain include comparen (Middle English), comparer (Old French), and comparare (Latin). Current senses include to look at two or more things to see how they are similar or different, to say that one thing is like another in some way, and to be as good as or similar to something else (often used in the negative). Derived forms include comparable, comparee, comparingly, incompared, and intercompare. Related words include cf, comparand, comparandum, and comparative.

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