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comparing notes

comparing notes is the present participle and gerund 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 comparing notes

What is comparing notes the present participle and gerund of?
Comparing notes is the present participle and gerund of compare notes.

Words near comparing notes in the dictionary

  1. comparing
  2. comparing and contrasting
  3. comparing and despairing
  4. comparing apples to apples
  5. comparing apples with apples
  6. comparing notes
  7. comparingly
  8. comparision
  9. comparison
  10. comparison is the thief of joy
  11. comparison operator

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Adapted from Wiktionary: comparing 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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