# compares

Pronunciation: say "kuhm-PAIRZ" US /kəmˈpɛɚz/, UK /kəmˈpɛəz/

## Verb

1. Third-person singular simple present of compare. — third-person singular simple present indicative of compare
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of compare. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The review compares the new model to last year's version._
   - _He often compares his hometown with the city he lives in now._

## Noun

2. Plural of compare. — plural of compare
   - Simple: Plural of compare. Use this form when you mean more than one.
   - _Each pass through the loop costs two compares and a jump._
   - _Profiling showed that string compares, not disk reads, were slowing the program down._

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