"desto" meaning in All languages combined

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Conjunction [Danish]

Head templates: {{head|da|conjunction}} desto, {{da-conjunction}} desto
  1. the Synonyms: des, jo
    Sense id: en-desto-da-conj-uXdtfd9F Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

Forms: destos [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation of destination. Head templates: {{en-noun}} desto (plural destos)
  1. (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

Conjunction [German]

IPA: /ˈdɛstoː/ Audio: De-desto.ogg
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|goh|des diu}} Old High German des diu, {{m|goh|des}} des, {{m|goh|diu}} diu, {{m+|goh|der|daz|the; that, it|g=n}} Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”), {{cog|nl|des}} Dutch des, {{m|nl|te}} te, {{cog|en|the#Etymology 2|the ... the}} English the ... the, {{compound|de|des|die|nocat=1}} des + die Head templates: {{head|de|conjunction}} desto
  1. the (forming the parallel comparative with je) Synonyms: umso Derived forms: nichtsdestoweniger, nichtsdestominder, nichtsdestotrotz
    Sense id: en-desto-de-conj-~U~GmYuD Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, German entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /ˈde.sto/, /ˈdɛ.sto/ Forms: desta [feminine], desti [masculine, plural], deste [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -esto, -ɛsto Etymology: Unsuffixed past participle of destare (“to awaken”). Etymology templates: {{m|it|destare||to awaken}} destare (“to awaken”) Head templates: {{it-adj}} desto (feminine desta, masculine plural desti, feminine plural deste)
  1. awake
    Sense id: en-desto-it-adj-8kWUAWbR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

IPA: /ˈde.sto/, /ˈdɛ.sto/ Forms: desta [feminine], desti [masculine, plural], deste [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -esto, -ɛsto Etymology: Unsuffixed past participle of destare (“to awaken”). Etymology templates: {{m|it|destare||to awaken}} destare (“to awaken”) Head templates: {{it-pp}} desto (feminine desta, masculine plural desti, feminine plural deste)
  1. (archaic) past participle of destare Tags: archaic, form-of, participle, past Form of: destare
    Sense id: en-desto-it-verb-d7EqyXL5 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 3 51 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

IPA: /ˈde.sto/, /ˈdɛ.sto/
Rhymes: -esto, -ɛsto Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} desto
  1. first-person singular present indicative of destare Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: destare
    Sense id: en-desto-it-verb-HhKBgoEK Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 3 51 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adverb [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: functioning as a conjunction [also]
Etymology: From German desto. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|de|desto}} German desto Head templates: {{head|nb|adverb}} desto
  1. (used before a comparative with jo to express comparison) even, all the more
    Sense id: en-desto-nb-adv-PAlewm2h
  2. (forming the parallel comparative with jo) the, more
    Sense id: en-desto-nb-adv--PJnAswy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: desto bedre, desto mer, ikke desto mindre

Adverb [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: functioning as a conjunction [also]
Etymology: From German desto. Etymology templates: {{der|nn|de|desto}} German desto Head templates: {{head|nn|adverb}} desto
  1. (used before a comparative to express comparison) all the better, all the more
    Sense id: en-desto-nn-adv-bWFZsrkn
  2. the more (forming the parallel comparative with jo, compare German section)
    Sense id: en-desto-nn-adv-dDsOLoqj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: desto betre, desto meir, ikkje desto mindre

Contraction [Spanish]

Etymology: * preposition de + determiner esto Etymology templates: {{l|es|de}} de, {{l|es|esto}} esto Head templates: {{head|es|contraction}} desto
  1. (obsolete) of this Tags: contraction, obsolete Related terms: desta, deste
    Sense id: en-desto-es-contraction-VX2cRdBg Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Adverb [Swedish]

Audio: Sv-desto.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from German desto. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sv|de|desto|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} German desto, {{bor+|sv|de|desto}} Borrowed from German desto Head templates: {{head|sv|adverb}} desto
  1. the, all the (with a comparative)
    Sense id: en-desto-sv-adv-tkLZLecp
  2. the, all the (with a comparative)
    Forms a parallel comparative with ju.
    Sense id: en-desto-sv-adv-H9w4cuPL Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 25 75

Inflected forms

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          "text": "When you arrive at the terminus, remember to change your desto."
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          "word": "nichtsdestoweniger"
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          "word": "nichtsdestominder"
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          "text": "Je mehr, desto besser!",
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          "type": "example"
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "desto bedre"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        {
          "english": "Well, he does smoke a lot, but drinks even more.",
          "text": "Vel, han røyker jo mye, men drikker desto mer.",
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        [
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          "all the more"
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        "used before a comparative with jo to express comparison"
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    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.",
          "text": "Jo mer jeg tenker over det, desto merkeligere virker det.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the, more"
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          "the",
          "the"
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          "more",
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{
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "desto betre"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "desto meir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From German desto.",
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          "english": "Well, he does smoke much, but drinks all the more.",
          "text": "Vel, han røykjer jo mykje, men drikk desto meir.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "all the better, all the more"
      ],
      "id": "en-desto-nn-adv-bWFZsrkn",
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        [
          "comparative",
          "comparative"
        ],
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          "all the better",
          "all the better"
        ],
        [
          "all the more",
          "all the more"
        ]
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        "(used before a comparative to express comparison) all the better, all the more"
      ],
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        "used before a comparative to express comparison"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.",
          "text": "Jo meir eg tenkjer over det, desto merkeligare verkar det.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "the more (forming the parallel comparative with jo, compare German section)"
      ],
      "id": "en-desto-nn-adv-dDsOLoqj",
      "links": [
        [
          "jo",
          "jo"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "desto"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "de"
      },
      "expansion": "de",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "esto"
      },
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      "name": "l"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "contraction"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "pos": "contraction",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        "of this"
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      "links": [
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) of this"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "desta"
        },
        {
          "word": "deste"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "contraction",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "desto"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "desto",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "German desto",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "desto"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from German desto",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German desto.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "desto",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "We don't eat much, but drink all the more.",
          "text": "Vi äter inte mycket, men dricker desto mer.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the, all the (with a comparative)"
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      "id": "en-desto-sv-adv-tkLZLecp",
      "links": [
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ],
        [
          "all",
          "all"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The more, the better",
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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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      "id": "en-desto-sv-adv-H9w4cuPL",
      "links": [
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ],
        [
          "all",
          "all"
        ],
        [
          "ju",
          "ju#Swedish"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sv-desto.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/Sv-desto.ogg/Sv-desto.ogg.mp3",
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      "text": "Audio"
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  "word": "desto"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "desto",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "desto",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish conjunctions",
        "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Danish lemmas"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "the larger it becomes, the harder it becomes",
          "text": "jo større den bliver, desto hårdere bliver den"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "the",
          "the#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "des"
    },
    {
      "word": "jo"
    }
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  "word": "desto"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation of destination.",
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    {
      "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": [
        "Australian English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "New Zealand English",
        "Singapore English"
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "desto"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nichtsdestoweniger"
    },
    {
      "word": "nichtsdestominder"
    },
    {
      "word": "nichtsdestotrotz"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: desto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: desto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "desto"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: desto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: desto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "desto"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: desto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: desto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "desto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: desto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: desto"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "des diu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German des diu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "des"
      },
      "expansion": "des",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "diu"
      },
      "expansion": "diu",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
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        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "des"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch des",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "te"
      },
      "expansion": "te",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "the#Etymology 2",
        "3": "the ... the"
      },
      "expansion": "English the ... the",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "des",
        "3": "die",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "des + die",
      "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "desto",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English links with manual fragments",
        "German 2-syllable words",
        "German conjunctions",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German terms derived from Old High German",
        "German terms inherited from Old High German",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The more the better!",
          "text": "Je mehr, desto besser!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The sooner the better!",
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          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the (forming the parallel comparative with je)"
      ],
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        [
          "the",
          "the"
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        [
          "je",
          "je#German"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "umso"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛstoː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-desto.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/De-desto.ogg/De-desto.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/De-desto.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "desto"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian adjectives",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian past participles",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian verb forms",
    "Rhymes:Italian/esto",
    "Rhymes:Italian/esto/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛsto",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛsto/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "destare",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to awaken"
      },
      "expansion": "destare (“to awaken”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "desto (feminine desta, masculine plural desti, feminine plural deste)",
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "dé‧sto"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian archaic terms",
        "Italian past participles"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "destare"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "past participle of destare"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "destare",
          "destare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) past participle of destare"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈde.sto/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛ.sto/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-esto"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛsto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "desto"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian adjectives",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian past participles",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian verb forms",
    "Rhymes:Italian/esto",
    "Rhymes:Italian/esto/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛsto",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛsto/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "destare",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to awaken"
      },
      "expansion": "destare (“to awaken”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "desto (feminine desta, masculine plural desti, feminine plural deste)",
      "name": "it-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "dé‧sto"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "awake"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "awake",
          "awake"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈde.sto/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛ.sto/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-esto"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛsto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "desto"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian verb forms",
    "Rhymes:Italian/esto",
    "Rhymes:Italian/esto/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛsto",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛsto/2 syllables"
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "verb form"
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      "expansion": "desto",
      "name": "head"
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  ],
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    "dé‧sto"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "destare"
        }
      ],
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        "first-person singular present indicative of destare"
      ],
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        [
          "destare",
          "destare#Italian"
        ]
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        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈde.sto/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛ.sto/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-esto"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛsto"
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "desto bedre"
    },
    {
      "word": "desto mer"
    },
    {
      "word": "ikke desto mindre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "desto"
      },
      "expansion": "German desto",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From German desto.",
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    {
      "form": "functioning as a conjunction",
      "tags": [
        "also"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "desto",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Well, he does smoke a lot, but drinks even more.",
          "text": "Vel, han røyker jo mye, men drikker desto mer.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "even, all the more"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "comparative",
          "comparative"
        ],
        [
          "jo",
          "jo"
        ],
        [
          "even",
          "even"
        ],
        [
          "all the more",
          "all the more"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(used before a comparative with jo to express comparison) even, all the more"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used before a comparative with jo to express comparison"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.",
          "text": "Jo mer jeg tenker over det, desto merkeligere virker det.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the, more"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jo",
          "jo"
        ],
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ],
        [
          "more",
          "more"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "forming the parallel comparative with jo",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(forming the parallel comparative with jo) the, more"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "desto betre"
    },
    {
      "word": "desto meir"
    },
    {
      "word": "ikkje desto mindre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "desto"
      },
      "expansion": "German desto",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From German desto.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "functioning as a conjunction",
      "tags": [
        "also"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "desto",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Well, he does smoke much, but drinks all the more.",
          "text": "Vel, han røykjer jo mykje, men drikk desto meir.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "Jo meir eg tenkjer over det, desto merkeligare verkar det.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "the more (forming the parallel comparative with jo, compare German section)"
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}

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        "lit": "",
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        {
          "english": "We don't eat much, but drink all the more.",
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