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Verb [English]

IPA: /kəmˈpɛɚ ˌwɪθ/ [US], /siːˈɛf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-cf..wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-SchwaSoup-cf.wav Forms: cf [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛf Etymology: Abbreviation of Latin cōnfer (“compare”), imperative of cōnferō (“to compare”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|cōnfer|t=compare}} Latin cōnfer (“compare”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb|imperative verb}} cf. (imperative verb)
  1. Compare; compare to; compare with. Tags: imperative, verb Translations (compare): сравни (sravni) (Bulgarian), 參見 /参见 (cānjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), srov. (Czech), jf. (Danish), cf. or vgl. or verg. (Dutch), kp. (Esperanto), sbr. (Faroese), smbr. (Faroese), vrt. (Finnish), cf. (French), vgl. (German), cf. (German), vergl. (German), πβ. (pv.) (Greek), πρβ. (prv.) (Greek), השו׳ (Hebrew), vö. (Hungarian), sbr. (Icelandic), kp. (Ido), cfr. (Italian), 参照(せよ) (alt: sanshō(seyo)) (Japanese), 比較(せよ) (alt: hikaku(seyo)) (Japanese), sal. (Latvian), plg. (Lithuanian), jf. (Norwegian), оп. (op.) (Pannonian Rusyn), por. (Polish), cf. (Portuguese), cf. (Romanian), ср. (sr.) (Russian), cf. (Spanish), jmf. (Swedish), jfr (Swedish), jfr. (Swedish), cf. (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-cf.-en-verb-AfuZRUVA Disambiguation of 'compare': 99 1
  2. (nonstandard) See; see also. Tags: imperative, nonstandard, verb
    Sense id: en-cf.-en-verb-CCExEBVG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 10 82 1 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 90 1 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: collate, confer

Verb [Latin]

Etymology: Abbreviation of cōnfer, imperative of cōnferō, from con- (“together”) and ferō (“(I) bring”). Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} cf.
  1. abbreviation of confer (“compare”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: confer (extra: compare)
    Sense id: en-cf.-la-verb-WrrjsH5O Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb}} cf.
  1. cf
    Sense id: en-cf.-pt-verb-cw99A1Cc Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Phrase [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|phrase}} cf.
  1. abbreviation of cónfer Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: cónfer
    Sense id: en-cf.-es-phrase-VKiUH6J-

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} cf.
  1. abbreviation of confróntese Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: confróntese
    Sense id: en-cf.-es-verb-iurD5I8O Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 35 65

Verb [Welsh]

Head templates: {{cy-verb form}} cf.
  1. cf.; abbreviation of cymharer, impersonal imperative of cymharu (“to compare”)
    Sense id: en-cf.-cy-verb-zkPZfrgh Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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