"condescend" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌkɑːndɪˈsɛnd/ [US] Audio: en-us-condescend.ogg [US] Forms: condescends [present, singular, third-person], condescending [participle, present], condescended [participle, past], condescended [past]
Etymology: From Middle English condescenden, from Old French condescendre, from Late Latin condēscendere (“to let one's self down, stoop, condescend”), from Latin con- (“together”) + dēscendere, present active infinitive of dēscendō (“I come down”); see descend. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|condescenden}} Middle English condescenden, {{der|en|fro|condescendre}} Old French condescendre, {{der|en|LL.|condēscendere||to let one's self down, stoop, condescend}} Late Latin condēscendere (“to let one's self down, stoop, condescend”), {{der|en|la|con-||together}} Latin con- (“together”), {{m|la|dēscendere}} dēscendere, {{m|la|dēscendō||I come down}} dēscendō (“I come down”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} condescend (third-person singular simple present condescends, present participle condescending, simple past and past participle condescended)
  1. (intransitive) To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something). Tags: intransitive Translations (come down from one's superior position): удастоіць (udastóicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), удастойваць (udastójvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), благоволявам (blagovoljavam) (Bulgarian), snížit se [perfective] (Czech), alentua (Finnish), herablassen (German), καταδέχομαι (katadéchomai) (Greek), méltat (Hungarian), méltóztatik (Hungarian), méltóztat (Hungarian), kegyeskedik (Hungarian), leereszkedik (Hungarian), ereszkedik (Hungarian), lesüllyed (Hungarian), süllyed (Hungarian), accondiscendere (Italian), спу́шти (spúšti) [perfective] (Macedonian), спу́шта (spúšta) [imperfective] (Macedonian), благо́воли (blagóvoli) (Macedonian), tapatu (Maori), снизойти́ (snizojtí) [perfective] (Russian), bevärdiga sig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-condescend-en-verb-kqp57Iog Disambiguation of "come down from one's superior position": 53 2 2 2 41
  2. (intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone). Tags: intransitive Synonyms (talk down, treat as inferior): patronize, belittle, put on airs
    Sense id: en-condescend-en-verb-VyIDO5Jh Disambiguation of 'talk down, treat as inferior': 4 47 37 2 8
  3. (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone). Tags: nonstandard, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-condescend-en-verb-6AbHc1Io
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To consent, agree. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Synonyms (consent): yield Translations (consent): souhlasit [imperfective] (Czech), zustimmen (German), συγκατατίθεμαι (sygkatatíthemai) (Greek), συναινώ (synainó) (Greek), се со́гласи (se sóglasi) (Macedonian), уступи́ть (ustupítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), condescender (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-condescend-en-verb-AaDPcXjp Disambiguation of 'consent': 3 4 3 66 25 Disambiguation of 'consent': 4 5 4 82 6
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To come down. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Synonyms (come down): descend Synonyms (come down from superior position): acquiesce, deign, stoop, vouchsafe
    Sense id: en-condescend-en-verb-XO7VZyhO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 21 20 2 34 Disambiguation of 'come down': 32 3 2 2 60 Disambiguation of 'come down from superior position': 38 3 2 2 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: condescendence, condescend upon, condescension, descend Translations (treat a person as though inferior): povyšovat se [perfective] (Czech), vyvyšovat se [perfective] (Czech), neerbuigend behandelen (Dutch), bevoogden (Dutch), bevormunden (German), herablassend behandeln (German), καταδέχομαι (katadéchomai) (Greek), fölényeskedik (Hungarian), lekezel (Hungarian), concedere (Italian)
Disambiguation of 'treat a person as though inferior': 5 44 43 1 7

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          "ref": "1880, Charlotte M. Yonge, chapter 7, in Clever Woman of the Family",
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          "ref": "2007, Damian Westfall, Bennett's Cow-Eyed Girl",
          "text": "“I didn't mean to condescend you, Mr. Shreck.”",
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          "ref": "2010, Jaron Lee Knuth, Demigod",
          "text": "“I'm not trying to condescend you, Ben.”",
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          "ref": "2014, Greg Kalleres, Honky, page 31",
          "text": "THOMAS. [...] Does my anger deserve your condescension?\nANDIE. I wasn't condescending you; I was just asking.\nTHOMAS. No. You said “angry black man.” Like my anger only exists in a stereotype. That's condescending.",
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          "ref": "1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XXI, Chapter iv, leaf 423r",
          "text": "Than were they condesended that Kyng Arthure and syr mordred shold mete betwyxte bothe theyr hoostes and eueryche of them shold brynge fourtene persones\n\"Then were they condescended that King Arthur and Sir Mordred should meet betwixt both their hosts, and everych of them should bring fourteen persons\"",
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      "roman": "katadéchomai",
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      "sense": "treat a person as though inferior"
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      "_dis1": "5 44 43 1 7",
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "treat a person as though inferior",
      "word": "concedere"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "condescendre"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French condescendre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "condēscendere",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to let one's self down, stoop, condescend"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin condēscendere (“to let one's self down, stoop, condescend”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "con-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "together"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin con- (“together”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "dēscendere"
      },
      "expansion": "dēscendere",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "dēscendō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I come down"
      },
      "expansion": "dēscendō (“I come down”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English condescenden, from Old French condescendre, from Late Latin condēscendere (“to let one's self down, stoop, condescend”), from Latin con- (“together”) + dēscendere, present active infinitive of dēscendō (“I come down”); see descend.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "condescends",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "condescending",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "condescended",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "condescended",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "condescend (third-person singular simple present condescends, present participle condescending, simple past and past participle condescended)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "condescendence"
    },
    {
      "word": "condescend upon"
    },
    {
      "word": "condescension"
    },
    {
      "word": "descend"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "superior",
          "superior"
        ],
        [
          "deign",
          "deign"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1880, Charlotte M. Yonge, chapter 7, in Clever Woman of the Family",
          "text": "Ermine never let any one be condescending to her, and conducted the conversation with her usual graceful good breeding.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ],
        [
          "patronizing",
          "patronize"
        ],
        [
          "talk down",
          "talk down"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English nonstandard terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Damian Westfall, Bennett's Cow-Eyed Girl",
          "text": "“I didn't mean to condescend you, Mr. Shreck.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Jaron Lee Knuth, Demigod",
          "text": "“I'm not trying to condescend you, Ben.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Greg Kalleres, Honky, page 31",
          "text": "THOMAS. [...] Does my anger deserve your condescension?\nANDIE. I wasn't condescending you; I was just asking.\nTHOMAS. No. You said “angry black man.” Like my anger only exists in a stereotype. That's condescending.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ],
        [
          "patronizing",
          "patronize"
        ],
        [
          "talk down",
          "talk down"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XXI, Chapter iv, leaf 423r",
          "text": "Than were they condesended that Kyng Arthure and syr mordred shold mete betwyxte bothe theyr hoostes and eueryche of them shold brynge fourtene persones\n\"Then were they condescended that King Arthur and Sir Mordred should meet betwixt both their hosts, and everych of them should bring fourteen persons\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1868, Horatio Alger, chapter 3, in Struggling Upward",
          "text": "This is the pay I get for condescending to let you go with me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To consent, agree."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "consent",
          "consent"
        ],
        [
          "agree",
          "agree"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To consent, agree."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come down."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To come down."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɑːndɪˈsɛnd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/En-us-condescend.ogg/En-us-condescend.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/En-us-condescend.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "come down from superior position",
      "word": "acquiesce"
    },
    {
      "sense": "come down from superior position",
      "word": "deign"
    },
    {
      "sense": "come down from superior position",
      "word": "stoop"
    },
    {
      "sense": "come down from superior position",
      "word": "vouchsafe"
    },
    {
      "sense": "talk down, treat as inferior",
      "word": "patronize"
    },
    {
      "sense": "talk down, treat as inferior",
      "word": "belittle"
    },
    {
      "sense": "talk down, treat as inferior",
      "word": "put on airs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "consent",
      "word": "yield"
    },
    {
      "sense": "come down",
      "word": "descend"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "udastóicʹ",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "удастоіць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "udastójvacʹ",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "удастойваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "blagovoljavam",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "благоволявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "snížit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "alentua"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "herablassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katadéchomai",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "καταδέχομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "méltat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "méltóztatik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "méltóztat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "kegyeskedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "leereszkedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "ereszkedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "lesüllyed"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "süllyed"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "accondiscendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "spúšti",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "спу́шти"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "spúšta",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спу́шта"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "blagóvoli",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "благо́воли"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "tapatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snizojtí",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "снизойти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "come down from one's superior position",
      "word": "bevärdiga sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "treat a person as though inferior",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "povyšovat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "treat a person as though inferior",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vyvyšovat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "treat a person as though inferior",
      "word": "neerbuigend behandelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "treat a person as though inferior",
      "word": "bevoogden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "treat a person as though inferior",
      "word": "bevormunden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "treat a person as though inferior",
      "word": "herablassend behandeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katadéchomai",
      "sense": "treat a person as though inferior",
      "word": "καταδέχομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "treat a person as though inferior",
      "word": "fölényeskedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "treat a person as though inferior",
      "word": "lekezel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "leereszkedve/leereszkedően/leereszkedőleg beszél/kezel",
      "sense": "treat a person as though inferior"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "treat a person as though inferior",
      "word": "concedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "consent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "souhlasit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "consent",
      "word": "zustimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sygkatatíthemai",
      "sense": "consent",
      "word": "συγκατατίθεμαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "synainó",
      "sense": "consent",
      "word": "συναινώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se sóglasi",
      "sense": "consent",
      "word": "се со́гласи"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ustupítʹ",
      "sense": "consent",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уступи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "consent",
      "word": "condescender"
    }
  ],
  "word": "condescend"
}
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  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "condescend"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "condescend",
  "trace": ""
}

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