compared

Pronunciation

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Verb

Plain form compare

Third-person singular compares

Past tense compared

Past participle compared

Present participle comparing

1. The past tense and past participle of compare.

Preposition

Preposition compared

1. Compared to is used to show the difference between two things.

   Compared to the ideas of previous generations, there is a shift in the theory.