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What does compare mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word compare? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
  2. (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
  3. (grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
  4. (intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
  5. (obsolete) To get; to obtain.
Noun
  1. comparison
  2. illustration by comparison; simile
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