adjective + preposition · neutral
be comparable to + noun
Band 5-6speakingtask2
To be able to be compared with something else because they are similar in some ways.
Examples
“Housing prices in this city are comparable to those in the capital.”
“Her skills are comparable to a seasoned professional.”
“This dataset is not comparable to the previous one due to different methods.”
Band 8 sentence
“The quality of education in the regional colleges is comparable to that offered in metropolitan universities.”
Collocations
- comparable to
- not comparable to
Word family
comparable adjectivecomparability noun
Common mistakes
comparable with→comparable to
is comparable than→is comparable to
Say it for a higher band
5is like→6is similar to→7+is comparable to
Synonyms
similar to
Easily confused
be similar to + noun
“Her opinion is similar to mine.”
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