standard of comparison

English

Noun

standard of comparison (plural standards of comparison)

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

Usage notes

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

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