See desto on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Abbreviation of destination.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "destos",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "desto (plural destos)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Australian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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{
"kind": "other",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "17 24 1 1 2 0 13 11 0 10 1 19 0 1",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 19 1 1 1 0 18 16 0 14 1 16 0 1",
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "When you arrive at the terminus, remember to change your desto."
}
],
"glosses": [
"a headsign; a destination sign: a moveable or electronic display mounted on a bus or other public transport vehicle to indicate its intended route and destination."
],
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[
"headsign",
"headsign"
]
],
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"(informal, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand) a headsign; a destination sign: a moveable or electronic display mounted on a bus or other public transport vehicle to indicate its intended route and destination."
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"New-Zealand",
"Singapore",
"informal"
]
}
],
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}
{
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"2": "conjunction"
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "da",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
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},
{
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "14 19 1 1 1 0 18 16 0 14 1 16 0 1",
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the larger it becomes, the harder it becomes",
"text": "jo større den bliver, desto hårdere bliver den",
"translation": "the larger it becomes, the harder it becomes"
}
],
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"the (forming the parallel comparative with jo)"
],
"id": "en-desto-da-conj-3xI5WdqH",
"links": [
[
"the",
"the"
],
[
"jo",
"jo#Danish"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "des"
},
{
"word": "jo"
}
]
}
],
"word": "desto"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nichtsdestoweniger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nichtsdestominder"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nichtsdestotrotz"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "desto"
},
{
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "desto"
}
],
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"2": "goh",
"3": "des diu"
},
"expansion": "Old High German des diu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "der",
"3": "daz",
"4": "the; that, it",
"g": "n"
},
"expansion": "Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "des te"
},
"expansion": "Dutch des te",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "the#Etymology 2",
"3": "the ... the"
},
"expansion": "English the ... the",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "de",
"2": "des",
"3": "die",
"nocat": "1"
},
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"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old High German des diu, where des and diu are the genitive and instrumental case forms of Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”) respectively. Compare Dutch des te and English the ... the. Etymologically equivalent to des + die.",
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{
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"2": "conjunction"
},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
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{
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[
9,
14
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
12
]
],
"english": "The more the better!",
"text": "Je mehr, desto besser!",
"translation": "The more the better!",
"type": "example"
},
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9,
14
]
],
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11,
14
]
],
"english": "The sooner the better!",
"text": "Je eher, desto besser!",
"translation": "The sooner the better!",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"the (forming the parallel comparative with je)"
],
"id": "en-desto-de-conj-~U~GmYuD",
"links": [
[
"the",
"the"
],
[
"je",
"je#German"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "umso"
}
]
},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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}
],
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{
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0,
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]
],
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[
0,
3
]
],
"english": "The more the better",
"text": "Desto mehr, desto besser",
"translation": "The more the better",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"used instead of je in the je ... desto construction"
],
"id": "en-desto-de-conj-x3nPYwxM",
"links": [
[
"je",
"je#German"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, proscribed) used instead of je in the je ... desto construction"
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"proscribed"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈdɛstoː/"
},
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"audio": "De-desto.ogg",
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}
],
"word": "desto"
}
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_text": "Unsuffixed past participle of destare (“to awaken”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "desta",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "desti",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "deste",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
]
}
],
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}
],
"hyphenation": [
"dé‧sto, dè‧sto"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"dé",
"sto"
]
},
{
"parts": [
"dè",
"sto"
]
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
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{
"word": "destare"
}
],
"glosses": [
"past participle of destare"
],
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"links": [
[
"destare",
"destare#Italian"
]
],
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"(archaic) past participle of destare"
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"form-of",
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈdes.to/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛs.to/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-esto"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛsto"
}
],
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}
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"etymology_text": "Unsuffixed past participle of destare (“to awaken”).",
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{
"form": "desta",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "desti",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "deste",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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}
],
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],
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{
"parts": [
"dé",
"sto"
]
},
{
"parts": [
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"sto"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"glosses": [
"awake"
],
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"links": [
[
"awake",
"awake"
]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈdes.to/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛs.to/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-esto"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛsto"
}
],
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}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
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"1": "it",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "desto",
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}
],
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"dé‧sto, dè‧sto"
],
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"parts": [
"dé",
"sto"
]
},
{
"parts": [
"dè",
"sto"
]
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 19 1 1 1 0 18 16 0 14 1 16 0 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 2 89",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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{
"word": "destare"
}
],
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"first-person singular present indicative of destare"
],
"id": "en-desto-it-verb-HhKBgoEK",
"links": [
[
"destare",
"destare#Italian"
]
],
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"first-person",
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
}
],
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛs.to/"
},
{
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛsto"
}
],
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}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "desto bedre"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "desto mer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ikke desto mindre"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "de",
"3": "desto"
},
"expansion": "German desto",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From German desto.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "functioning as a conjunction",
"tags": [
"also"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "desto",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
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],
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]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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38,
42
]
],
"english": "Well, he does smoke a lot, but drinks even more.",
"text": "Vel, han røyker jo mye, men drikker desto mer.",
"translation": "Well, he does smoke a lot, but drinks even more.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"even, all the more"
],
"id": "en-desto-nb-adv-PAlewm2h",
"links": [
[
"comparative",
"comparative"
],
[
"jo",
"jo"
],
[
"even",
"even"
],
[
"all the more",
"all the more"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
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],
"raw_tags": [
"used before a comparative with jo to express comparison"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
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28,
33
]
],
"english": "The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.",
"text": "Jo mer jeg tenker over det, desto merkeligere virker det.",
"translation": "The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"the, more"
],
"id": "en-desto-nb-adv--PJnAswy",
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[
"jo",
"jo"
],
[
"the",
"the"
],
[
"more",
"more"
]
],
"qualifier": "forming the parallel comparative with jo",
"raw_glosses": [
"(forming the parallel comparative with jo) the, more"
]
}
],
"word": "desto"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "desto betre"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "desto meir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ikkje desto mindre"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "de",
"3": "desto"
},
"expansion": "German desto",
"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"form": "functioning as a conjunction",
"tags": [
"also"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "desto",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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{
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{
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"parents": [],
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}
],
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42
]
],
"english": "Well, he does smoke much, but drinks all the more.",
"text": "Vel, han røykjer jo mykje, men drikk desto meir.",
"translation": "Well, he does smoke much, but drinks all the more.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"all the better, all the more"
],
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[
"comparative",
"comparative"
],
[
"all the better",
"all the better"
],
[
"all the more",
"all the more"
]
],
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],
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]
},
{
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0,
2
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29,
34
]
],
"english": "The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.",
"text": "Jo meir eg tenkjer over det, desto merkeligare verkar det.",
"translation": "The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the more (forming the parallel comparative with jo, compare German section)"
],
"id": "en-desto-nn-adv-dDsOLoqj",
"links": [
[
"jo",
"jo"
]
]
}
],
"word": "desto"
}
{
"etymology_text": "* preposition de + determiner esto",
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "contraction"
},
"expansion": "desto",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "contraction",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 8 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "14 19 1 1 1 0 18 16 0 14 1 16 0 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"of this"
],
"id": "en-desto-es-contraction-VX2cRdBg",
"links": [
[
"of",
"of"
],
[
"this",
"this"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) of this"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "desta"
},
{
"word": "deste"
}
],
"tags": [
"contraction",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
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}
{
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"1": "sv",
"2": "de",
"3": "desto"
},
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"name": "bor+"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "desto",
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"pos": "adv",
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{
"categories": [],
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{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
33,
38
]
],
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29,
36
]
],
"english": "We don't eat much, but drink all the more.",
"text": "Vi äter inte mycket, men dricker desto mer.",
"translation": "We don't eat much, but drink all the more.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"the, all the (with a comparative)"
],
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"links": [
[
"the",
"the"
],
[
"all",
"all"
]
]
},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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}
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0,
2
],
[
8,
13
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],
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0,
3
],
[
10,
13
]
],
"english": "The more, the better",
"text": "Ju mer, desto bättre",
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"type": "example"
}
],
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"the, all the (with a comparative)",
"Forms a parallel comparative with ju."
],
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"links": [
[
"the",
"the"
],
[
"all",
"all"
],
[
"ju",
"ju#Swedish"
]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈdɛstʊ/"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-desto.ogg",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-¹ɛstʊ"
}
],
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}
{
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"Pages with entries"
],
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{
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"1": "da",
"2": "conjunction"
},
"expansion": "desto",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
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"name": "da-conjunction"
}
],
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
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"Danish entries with incorrect language header",
"Danish lemmas",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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{
"english": "the larger it becomes, the harder it becomes",
"text": "jo større den bliver, desto hårdere bliver den",
"translation": "the larger it becomes, the harder it becomes"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the (forming the parallel comparative with jo)"
],
"links": [
[
"the",
"the"
],
[
"jo",
"jo#Danish"
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