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"ref": "2009 September 25, Michael Deacon, “Ross Noble: interview”, in Telegraph.co.uk",
"text": "He remembers feeling that people looked down on him, and, ‘realising I was rubbish at academic stuff’, he decided he'd join a circus.",
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To regard or treat as inferior."
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "povyšovat se"
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "neerkijken op"
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "ylenkatsoa"
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "regarder de haut"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"word": "von oben herab behandeln"
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"note": "from perspective of superior also",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "hinabsehen auf"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "lenéz"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "guardare in basso"
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "見下す"
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "軽んじる"
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "軽視する"
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"roman": "yatboda",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "얕보다"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "naeryeodaboda",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "깔보다"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "despiciō"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "dēdignor"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "žiūrėti iš aukšto"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "whakatakē"
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "tamatama"
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "se ned på"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "rakke ned på"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"tags": [
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"word": "patrzeć z góry"
},
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "menosprezar"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smotrétʹ svysoká",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "смотре́ть свысока́"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "pozerať zhora (na niekoho)"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "pozerať opovržlivo"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "menospreciar"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "ningunear"
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "se ned på"
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"ref": "1948 March and April, “A Keypoint in an Intensive Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 115",
"text": "High up on the viaduct, and approached by a spidery staircase from the street, it looks down on Southwark Cathedral.",
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"To view from a vantage point."
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"(transitive) To view from a vantage point."
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "تَرَفَّعَ"
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"roman": "kànbùqǐ",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "看不起"
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "小看"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "俯視"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "輕視"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "鄙視"
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "ylenkatsoa"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "halveksia"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "mépriser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "regarder de haut"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"tags": [
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"word": "von oben herab behandeln"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "from perspective of superior also",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "hinabsehen auf"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "hinabschauen auf"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "herabsehen auf"
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "herabschauen auf"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "lenéz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "guardare in basso"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mikudasu",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "見下す"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "軽蔑する"
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "얕보다"
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "내려다보다"
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "깔보다"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "despiciō"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "dēdignor"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "aspernor"
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "žiūrėti iš aukšto"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "whakatakē"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "tamatama"
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "se ned på"
},
{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "rakke ned på"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "patrzeć z góry"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "menosprezar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smotrétʹ svysoká",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "смотре́ть свысока́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prezirátʹ",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "презира́ть"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "pozerať zhora (na niekoho)"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "pozerať opovržlivo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "menospreciar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "ningunear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to regard or treat as inferior",
"word": "se ned på"
}
],
"word": "look down on"
}
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