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absolute comparatives

absolute comparatives is the plural of absolute comparative.

Meaning of absolute comparative

Noun

absolute comparative (plural absolute comparatives)

  1. The use of a comparative to indicate a relatively high degree of some quality, without explicitly making a comparison, as in "higher education".
    • In a large number of languages (Tok Pisin among them), however, absolute positives may function as absolute comparatives. Considerations such as these are needed to understand Tok Pisin degrees of comparison.1995, John W. M. Verhaar, Toward a Reference Grammar of Tok Pisin, page 255

Questions about absolute comparatives

What is absolute comparatives the plural of?
Absolute comparatives is the plural of absolute comparative.

Words near absolute comparatives in the dictionary

  1. absolute ceiling
  2. absolute ceilings
  3. absolute cinema
  4. absolute code
  5. absolute comparative
  6. absolute comparatives
  7. absolute complement
  8. absolute complements
  9. absolute constant
  10. absolute constants
  11. absolute deviation

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