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"text": "After all, it is undeniable that the B.R. standard coach scored highly in comparative trials with other European railway vehicles on the Continent a few years ago, so that B.R. civil engineers must share responsibility for any defects in its behaviour over here.",
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"ref": "2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian, London",
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"ref": "1692, Richard Bentley, A Confutation of Atheism",
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"word": "comparatiu"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "比較級"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐjiàojí",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "比较级"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "druhý stupeň"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "komparativ"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "vergrotende trap"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "vergelijkende trap"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "keskvõrre"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "komparatiiv"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "miðstig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "komparatiivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "vertailumuoto"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comparatif"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Höherstufe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mehrstufe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Komparativ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sygkritikós",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "συγκριτικός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sunkritikón",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "συγκριτικόν"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "középfok"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "miðstig"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "pelebihan"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "rinnoitussteeppeni"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "komparativa"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "breischéim"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comparativo"
},
{
"alt": "ひかくきゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hikakukyū",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "比較級"
},
{
"alt": "比較級",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bigyogeup",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "비교급"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "gradus comparativus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "comparativus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "collatio secunda"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aukštesnysis laipsnis"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "compathatif"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "wiþmetendlīċ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sefat-e bartar",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "صفت برتر"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "stopień wyższy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grau comparativo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comparativo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sravnítelʹnaja stépenʹ",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сравни́тельная сте́пень"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "komparatív",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "компарати́в"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ко̏мпаратӣв"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kȍmparatīv"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "komparatív"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "druhý stupeň"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "primérnik"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comparativo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "komparativ"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "pahambing"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výščyj stúpinʹ",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́щий сту́пінь"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"word": "cấp so sánh"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "grammatical construction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gradd gymharol"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comparatiu"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "komparativ"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comparatif"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Komparativ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sygkritikós",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "συγκριτικός"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"word": "pembanding"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"word": "comparativo"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "compathatif"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"word": "komparativ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sefat-e bartar",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"word": "صفت برتر"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "stopień wyższy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comparativo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ко̏мпаратӣв"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kȍmparatīv"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"word": "komparatív"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comparativo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "komparativ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "word in comparative form",
"word": "cấp so sánh"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"comparative"
],
"word": "comparative"
}
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