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            "mean": "Of or relating to comparison.\n1773, James Burnett, Of the Origin and Progress of Language:that kind of animals that have the comparative faculty, by which they compare things together, deliberate and resolve\n(Can we add an example for this sense?)"
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            "mean": "Approximated by comparison; relative.\n2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, \u201cIs the unthinkable happening \u2013 are people finally switching the football off?\u201d, in The Guardian\u200e, London:The Olympics, the weather and a comparative lack of heavyweight clashes so far this season have been cited as reasons for the drop in viewers.\n1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences:The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.\n1692, Richard Bentley, A Confutation of Atheism:This bubble,    by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that encloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top."
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            "mean": "(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.\n2010, Barry Smith, Introductory Financial Accounting and Reporting, page 171:Investment ratios are positive. Comparative or trend data are required to draw final conclusions. The absence of comparatives and trend data constrains the conclusions."
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