See degree of comparison on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "degrees of comparison",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "degrees of comparison"
},
"expansion": "degree of comparison (plural degrees of comparison)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ingrian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Irish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Latin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mongolian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Grammar",
"orig": "en:Grammar",
"parents": [
"Linguistics",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Linguistics",
"orig": "en:Linguistics",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "comparative"
},
{
"word": "comparative superlative"
},
{
"word": "elative"
},
{
"word": "positive"
},
{
"word": "relative superlative"
},
{
"word": "superlative"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The degrees of comparison of good are good (positive), better (comparative) and best (superlative)."
},
{
"ref": "1820, James Brown, An American Grammar, page 43:",
"text": "The word red is an adjective, in the dogmatical or positive degree of comparison.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1833, Joseph Hervey Hull, English Grammar, by Lectures, page 55:",
"text": "There are commonly reckoned three degrees of comparison, namely: the positive, comparative and superlative; though, strictly speaking, there are but two degrees, the positive being merely the state of the adjective itself.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1851, Goold Brown, edited by Samuel U. Berrian, The Grammar of English Grammars, 10th edition, page 285:",
"text": "Among the degrees of comparison, some have enumerated equality; as when we say, \"It is as sweet as honey.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Rodney J. Decker, Koine Greek Reader: Selections from the New Testament, Septuagint, and Early Christian Writers, page 205:",
"text": "The degrees of comparison possible are: positive (big), comparative (bigger), superlative (biggest), and elative (very big).",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A form of an adjective that indicates a different degree of the attribute the adjective denotes; like the positive, comparative and superlative forms."
],
"id": "en-degree_of_comparison-en-noun-en:comparative",
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"adjective",
"adjective"
],
[
"degree",
"degree"
],
[
"attribute",
"attribute"
],
[
"positive",
"positive#Noun"
],
[
"comparative",
"comparative#Noun"
],
[
"superlative",
"superlative#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics, grammar) A form of an adjective that indicates a different degree of the attribute the adjective denotes; like the positive, comparative and superlative forms."
],
"senseid": [
"en:comparative"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "degree"
}
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "比較等級"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐjiào děngjí",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "比较等级"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trap van vergelijking"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "vertailuaste"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Steigerungsform"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Steigerungsstufe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vergleichungsstufe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vergleichungsstaffel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vathmós tou epithétou",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "βαθμός του επιθέτου"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "fokozott alak"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "rinnoitussteeppeni"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "céim"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gradus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gradus comparationis"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "zereg",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "зэрэг"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stopień"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grau de comparação"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "grade de comparație"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stépenʹ sravnénija",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сте́пень сравне́ния"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "stupeň"
}
]
}
],
"word": "degree of comparison"
}
{
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "comparative"
},
{
"word": "comparative superlative"
},
{
"word": "elative"
},
{
"word": "positive"
},
{
"word": "relative superlative"
},
{
"word": "superlative"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "degrees of comparison",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "degrees of comparison"
},
"expansion": "degree of comparison (plural degrees of comparison)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms with quotations",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Ingrian translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Mongolian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"en:Grammar",
"en:Linguistics"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The degrees of comparison of good are good (positive), better (comparative) and best (superlative)."
},
{
"ref": "1820, James Brown, An American Grammar, page 43:",
"text": "The word red is an adjective, in the dogmatical or positive degree of comparison.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1833, Joseph Hervey Hull, English Grammar, by Lectures, page 55:",
"text": "There are commonly reckoned three degrees of comparison, namely: the positive, comparative and superlative; though, strictly speaking, there are but two degrees, the positive being merely the state of the adjective itself.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1851, Goold Brown, edited by Samuel U. Berrian, The Grammar of English Grammars, 10th edition, page 285:",
"text": "Among the degrees of comparison, some have enumerated equality; as when we say, \"It is as sweet as honey.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Rodney J. Decker, Koine Greek Reader: Selections from the New Testament, Septuagint, and Early Christian Writers, page 205:",
"text": "The degrees of comparison possible are: positive (big), comparative (bigger), superlative (biggest), and elative (very big).",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A form of an adjective that indicates a different degree of the attribute the adjective denotes; like the positive, comparative and superlative forms."
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"adjective",
"adjective"
],
[
"degree",
"degree"
],
[
"attribute",
"attribute"
],
[
"positive",
"positive#Noun"
],
[
"comparative",
"comparative#Noun"
],
[
"superlative",
"superlative#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics, grammar) A form of an adjective that indicates a different degree of the attribute the adjective denotes; like the positive, comparative and superlative forms."
],
"senseid": [
"en:comparative"
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "degree"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "比較等級"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐjiào děngjí",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "比较等级"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trap van vergelijking"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "vertailuaste"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Steigerungsform"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Steigerungsstufe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vergleichungsstufe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vergleichungsstaffel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vathmós tou epithétou",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "βαθμός του επιθέτου"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "fokozott alak"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "rinnoitussteeppeni"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "céim"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gradus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gradus comparationis"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "zereg",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "зэрэг"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stopień"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grau de comparação"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "grade de comparație"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stépenʹ sravnénija",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сте́пень сравне́ния"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "form of an adjective",
"word": "stupeň"
}
],
"word": "degree of comparison"
}
Download raw JSONL data for degree of comparison meaning in All languages combined (5.7kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (95d2be1 and 64224ec). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.