Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Provision; the act of providing or making ready.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A making ready; provision.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A making ready;
provision . - noun nonstandard
comparison
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Examples
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It really doesn't help to see nothing but the things they cut, the things they change, the things they add … you have to see it as an interpretation and to stop comparing … anyway, there's no comparation, the books are always better (exception: the chronicles of Narnia … the movies are better (because the books are poor)).
New Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Photo and Early Romance Buzz! Updated! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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I think of this number as useful for a comparation between _similar_ blogs, an Alexaholic diagram for feeds.
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I love the comparation with her cause she left and the only thing we have seen of her is her DUI incident.
Allison Mack vs. the CW: Get Ready to Rumble! | the TV addict 2008
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I think youâve got the right comparation going in looking at past congressional races, not Kerry.
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You guys have blind eyes on your party corruption and try to make a comparation with other party.
Think Progress » Hastert Tries To Shift Blame To Staff, Raises Prospect of ‘Cover Up’ 2006
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Fourthly, because they be put to their husbands; and this excellence that virginity had as to the respect of the accouplement of marriage appeareth by manifold comparation.
The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900
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Thirdly, for the mystery of the comparation, for to give to understand that the consolations divine be compared to tribulations as the day unto an hour, and the year unto a day.
The Golden Legend, vol. 1 1230-1298 1900
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Bottom line: even monetary policies appear very weak to fight weak demand and market activity overall. pero March 7, 2010 8: 29 PM ok, i have problems with wage comparation. it doesn't tell everything, does it? for example country A have 10% rise in wages but also 15% rise in productivity. country B has 2% decline in wages but 0% rise in productivity. which one becomes more competitive?
Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email. 2010
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Nokia N900 - Samsung Omnia 2 - iPhone 3gs: hardware and web browsing comparation
WN.com - Articles related to STB backs new phone application to help visitors 2010
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Nokia N900 - Samsung Omnia 2 - iPhone 3gs: hardware and web browsing comparation
WN.com - Articles related to STB backs new phone application to help visitors 2010
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