dibANDINGkan

Dibandingkan is a verb form in Indonesian that means “to be compared” or “to be compared with.” It is used to indicate that a subject is evaluated in relation to another item or set of items. The word is commonly found in formal and semi-formal writing, such as reports, analyses, and news articles.

Dibandingkan is a passive construction formed from the root banding (related to comparison) with the prefix di- indicating the passive voice and the suffix -kan to create a transitive, non-active form. In practical terms, the subject of the sentence receives the action of comparison rather than performing it. The standard construction is diband­ingkan dengan …, where dengan introduces the reference item for the comparison. Some contexts also allow dengan untuk specify both sides of the comparison.

Usage notes:

- It is typically used when presenting results of a comparison between two or more things, such as products, performances, or figures.

- It often appears in clauses like “Harga A lebih murah jika dibandingkan dengan Harga B,” or “Dari segi durabilitas, produk X lebih unggul jika dibandingkan dengan model lama.”

- Related forms include membandingkan (to compare) and perbandingan (comparison). The phrase can be integrated into sentences without changing its meaning, as long as the reference for comparison is clear.

See also:

- membandingkan, perbandingan, perbandingan data.