Srovnává

Srovnává is the third-person singular present tense form of the Czech verb srovnávat, meaning to compare, to contrast, or to bring into alignment. The term is used to describe the act of examining two or more items to identify similarities and differences, or to evaluate them against a standard or criterion. In everyday and scholarly language, srovnává is encountered in contexts ranging from price comparisons to methodological analyses.

Etymology and nuance: srovnávat derives from the Czech word rovný (equal) with the prefix s-, conveying the idea of bringing things into alignment or making them comparable. In some contexts, srovnává also carries the sense of checking consistency with a norm. It is related to, but not always interchangeable with, porovnávat; porovnávat emphasizes the act of comparison itself, while srovnávat often stresses alignment, standardization, or evaluation.

Grammar and usage: srovnává is used with a finite subject in present tense. Examples include: “Srovnává ceny dvě výkonnostní varianty.” (He compares prices of two performance variants.) and “Srovnáváme výsledky experimentu se stanovenými kritérii.” (We compare the results of the experiment with the established criteria.) It governs direct objects in the accusative, such as data, ceny, or výsledky, and can be paired with a complement or with the preposition “s” to denote comparison with something: “srovnávat s něčím.”

Related forms: the infinitive is srovnávat; the noun is srovnání (a comparison); the process is srovnávání; the perfective form srovnat denotes a single act of comparing.