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adjectives that are modified to show a relative degree of comparison. There are three degrees of comparison: positive, which indicates a property, e.g. She is pretty; comparative, which indicates a greater degree of that property, e.g. She is prettier; and superlative which indicates the greatest degree of that property, e.g. She is prettiest.
a punctuation mark used in the following contexts:
See letter to the editor.
a word, phrase, or name, usually set in boldface, that serves as the heading for an entry in a...
a one-sided, unfair view that someone or something is better than another person or thing, e.g....