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compares notes

compares notes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of compare notes.

Meaning of compare notes

Verb

compare notes (third-person singular simple present compares notes, present participle comparing notes, simple past and past participle compared notes)

  1. (idiomatic) To exchange information and ideas about related experiences.
    • Two minutes are allowed "Condor" at Carlisle, and those involved had no time to compare notes on the state of the nation, the management, the unions or the racing calendar.1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 47

Questions about compares notes

What is compares notes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Compares notes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of compare notes.

Words near compares notes in the dictionary

  1. compares
  2. compares and contrasts
  3. compares and despairs
  4. compares apples to apples
  5. compares apples with apples
  6. compares notes
  7. comparest
  8. compareth
  9. comparibility
  10. comparing
  11. comparing and contrasting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: compares notes (page history and authors); compare notes (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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