A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"
"Is this her first child?" the doctor queries.
"No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!"
- (often foll. By with) relate socially; have dealings.
- be connected (they have communicating rooms). communicator n. Communicatory adj. [latin: related to *common]
COMPARATIVE
—adj. - perceptible or estimated by comparison; relative (in comparative comfort).
- of or involving comparison (a comparative study).
- gram. (of an adjective or adverb) expressing a higher degree of a quality (e.g. Braver, more quickly). —n. Gram. Comparative expression or word. comparatively adv. [latin: related to *compare]
COMPARTMENT
n. - space within a larger space, separated by partitions.
- watertight division of a ship.
- area of activity etc. Kept apart from others in a person's mind. [latin: related to *part]
COMPENDIOUS
adj. Comprehensive but brief. [latin: related to *compendium]
COMPETITION
n. - (often foll. By for) competing.
- event in which people compete.
- the other people or trade competing; opposition. [latin: related to *compete]
COMPETITIVE
adj. - of or involving competition.
- (of prices etc.) Comparing favourably with those of rivals.
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A cat uses whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through. The whiskers act as antennae, helping the animal to judge the precise width of any passage.