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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "comparable"
},
{
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"word": "compare and contrast"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "compare and despair"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "compare apples to apples"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "compare notes"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "comparen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English comparen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "comparer"
},
"expansion": "Old French comparer",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "la",
"3": "comparare",
"4": "",
"5": "to prepare, procure"
},
"expansion": "Latin comparare (“to prepare, procure”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "compar",
"3": "",
"4": "like or equal to another"
},
"expansion": "compar (“like or equal to another”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "com-"
},
"expansion": "com-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "par",
"3": "",
"4": "equal"
},
"expansion": "par (“equal”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "metan"
},
"expansion": "Old English metan",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English comparen, from Old French comparer, from Latin comparare (“to prepare, procure”), from compar (“like or equal to another”), from com- + par (“equal”). Displaced native Old English metan (“to compare,” also “to measure”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "compares",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "comparing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "compared",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "compared",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "en-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "compare",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "compare (third-person singular simple present compares, present participle comparing, simple past and past participle compared)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"old": "1",
"stem": "compar"
},
"name": "en-conj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "comparand"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "comparandum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "comparative"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "comparison"
},
{
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"word": "cf"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "You can't compare my problems and yours.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest",
"text": "Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193",
"text": "Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [\"to compare X with Y\"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y."
],
"id": "en-compare-en-verb-LoLKAVT6",
"links": [
[
"comparison",
"comparison"
],
[
"with",
"with"
],
[
"similar",
"similar"
],
[
"to",
"to"
],
[
"different",
"different"
],
[
"from",
"from"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [\"to compare X with Y\"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "krahasoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qārana",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "قَارَنَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "gāran, qāran",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "قارن"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hamematel",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "համեմատել"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "rizüa",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ৰিজোৱা"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "tuulona kora",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "তুুলনা কৰা"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "sne",
"lang": "Bau Bidayuh",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "birokan"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paraŭnóŭvacʹ",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "параўно́ўваць"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paraŭnácʹ",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "параўна́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "tulona kora",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "তুলনা করা"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sravnjávam",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сравня́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sravnjá",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сравня́"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ca",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "စာ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "cak",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "စက်"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hnuing:",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "နှိုင်း"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "comparar"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐ",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "比"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "比較"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐjiào",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "比较"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "porovnávat"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "porovnat"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "srovnávat"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "srovnat"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "sammenligne"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "jævnføre"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "vergelijken"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "ovd",
"lang": "Elfdalian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "iemfyör"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "kompari"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "võrdlema"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "bera saman"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "verrata"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "vertailla"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "comparer"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "comparar"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šedareba",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "შედარება"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "vergleichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "komparieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "galeikōn",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sygkríno",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "συγκρίνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paravállo",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "παραβάλλω"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hishvá",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "השווה \\ הִשְׁוָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tulnā karnā",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "तुलना करना"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "összehasonlít"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "összevet"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "bera saman"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "miða við"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "komparar"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "bandingkan"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "rinnoittaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "paragonare"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"alt": "くらべる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuraberu",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "比べる"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"alt": "ひかくする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hikaku suru",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "比較する"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "priəp thiəp",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ប្រៀបធៀប"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thiəp",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ធៀប"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tuu",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ទូរ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "prɑɑdouc",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ប្រដូច"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "priəp",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ប្រៀប"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bigyohada",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "비교하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "biyuhada",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "비유하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeonjuda",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "견주다"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pīap thīap",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ປຽບທຽບ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "comparō"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "salīdzināt"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "lyginti"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sporéduva",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "споре́дува"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "spóredi",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спо́реди"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "srávnuva",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сра́внува"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "whakatairite"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "whakataurite"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "comparen"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "comparisounen"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xarʹcuulax",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "харьцуулах"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "veardidit"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "buohtastahttit"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "sammenligne"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "jamføre"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "samanlikna"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "metan"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "moqâyase kardan, moqâyese kardan",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "مقایسه کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "porównywać"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 17 7 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "porównać"
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"word": "སྡུར"
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"text": "Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.",
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"_dis1": "10 31 2 56 0",
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},
{
"ipa": "[kəmˈpɛː]",
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},
{
"ipa": "[kəmˈpɛə]",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
"ipa": "[kəmˈpeə]",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"Requests for review of Telugu translations",
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},
{
"word": "compare and contrast"
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{
"word": "compare and despair"
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{
"word": "compare apples to apples"
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{
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"5": "to prepare, procure"
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"text": "Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.",
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{
"text": "You can't compare my problems and yours.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest",
"text": "Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193",
"text": "Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.",
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[
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[
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[
"from",
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{
"ref": "1963, C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2nd Revised edition, page 24",
"text": "And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved. The authors were compared to doctors who offered to a patient nothing more than invectives against the disease which consumed him.",
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],
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"text": "We compare \"good\" as \"good\", \"better\", \"best\".",
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"sciences"
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"(intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative)."
],
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},
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"glosses": [
"To get; to obtain."
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"(obsolete) To get; to obtain."
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"ipa": "/kəmˈpɛɚ/",
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},
{
"ipa": "[kəmˈpɛɚ]",
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"General-American"
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{
"ipa": "[kəmˈpɛɹ]",
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"General-American"
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},
{
"ipa": "[kəmˈpeɚ]",
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},
{
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{
"ipa": "/kəmˈpɛə/",
"tags": [
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},
{
"ipa": "[kəmˈpɛː]",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
"ipa": "[kəmˈpɛə]",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "krahasoj"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qārana",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "قَارَنَ"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "gāran, qāran",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "قارن"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hamematel",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "համեմատել"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "rizüa",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ৰিজোৱা"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "tuulona kora",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "তুুলনা কৰা"
},
{
"code": "sne",
"lang": "Bau Bidayuh",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "birokan"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paraŭnóŭvacʹ",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "параўно́ўваць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paraŭnácʹ",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "параўна́ць"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "tulona kora",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "তুলনা করা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sravnjávam",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сравня́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sravnjá",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сравня́"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ca",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "စာ"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "cak",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "စက်"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hnuing:",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "နှိုင်း"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "comparar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐ",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "比"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "比較"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐjiào",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "比较"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "porovnávat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "porovnat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "srovnávat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "srovnat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "sammenligne"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "jævnføre"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "vergelijken"
},
{
"code": "ovd",
"lang": "Elfdalian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "iemfyör"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "kompari"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "võrdlema"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "bera saman"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "verrata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "vertailla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "comparer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "comparar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šedareba",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "შედარება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "vergleichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "komparieren"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "galeikōn",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sygkríno",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "συγκρίνω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paravállo",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "παραβάλλω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hishvá",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "השווה \\ הִשְׁוָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tulnā karnā",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "तुलना करना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "összehasonlít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "összevet"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "bera saman"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "miða við"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "komparar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "bandingkan"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "rinnoittaa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "paragonare"
},
{
"alt": "くらべる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuraberu",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "比べる"
},
{
"alt": "ひかくする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hikaku suru",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "比較する"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "priəp thiəp",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ប្រៀបធៀប"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thiəp",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ធៀប"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tuu",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ទូរ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "prɑɑdouc",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ប្រដូច"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "priəp",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ប្រៀប"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bigyohada",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "비교하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "biyuhada",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "비유하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeonjuda",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "견주다"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pīap thīap",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "ປຽບທຽບ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "comparō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "salīdzināt"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "lyginti"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sporéduva",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "споре́дува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "spóredi",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спо́реди"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "srávnuva",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сра́внува"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "whakatairite"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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"code": "enm",
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"code": "se",
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"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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"code": "se",
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"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "sammenligne"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "samanlikna"
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"code": "ang",
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"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "moqâyase kardan, moqâyese kardan",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "مقایسه کردن"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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"word": "porównywać"
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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"code": "rm",
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"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "cumparegliar"
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"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "congualar"
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"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "cumparar"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "srávnivatʹ",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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],
"word": "сра́внивать"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sravnítʹ",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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],
"word": "сравни́ть"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "coimeas"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
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"word": "поредити"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
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"word": "упоредити"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
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"word": "porediti"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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],
"word": "porovnávať"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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"word": "porovnať"
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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"word": "primerjati"
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
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"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "přirunać"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "comparar"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "parangonar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "equiparar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "cotejar"
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{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "linganisha"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "jämföra"
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "muqoyisa kardan",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "муқоиса кардан"
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "muqiyos kardan",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "муқиёс кардан"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bprìiap-tîiap",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "เปรียบเทียบ"
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"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "sdur",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "སྡུར"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "karşılaştırmak"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "porívnjuvaty",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
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"word": "порі́внювати"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "porivnjáty",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"tags": [
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"word": "порівня́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "so sánh"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "so"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another",
"word": "cymharu"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šabbaha",
"sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
"word": "شَبَّهَ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
"word": "類比"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lèibǐ",
"sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
"word": "类比"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
"word": "hasonlít"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
"word": "comparen"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
"word": "comparisounen"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
"word": "porovnať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to declare two things to be similar in some respect",
"word": "porovnávať"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sprjagam",
"sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
"word": "спрягам"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
"word": "stupňovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
"word": "gradbøje"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
"word": "steigern"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
"word": "fokoz"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sporéduva",
"sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
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"word": "споре́дува"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
"word": "stopniować"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
"word": "dèan coimeas air"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
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{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
"word": "linganisha"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to form the three degrees of comparison of",
"word": "komparera"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sravnjavam se",
"sense": "to be similar",
"word": "сравнявам се"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kěbǐ",
"sense": "to be similar",
"word": "可比"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to be similar",
"word": "být srovnatelný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to be similar",
"word": "stemme overens"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to be similar",
"word": "overeenstemmen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to be similar",
"word": "übereinstimmen"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be similar",
"word": "összevethető"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to be similar",
"word": "összehasonlítható"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "sporéduva",
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "сра́вниваться"
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