PALE BY COMPARISON

Meaning of PALE BY COMPARISON in English

is not as good, is not as beautiful or talented Most European parks pale by comparison to Banff.

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PALE BY COMPARISON — is not as good, is not as beautiful or talented Most European parks pale by comparison to Banff.
English Idioms vocabulary
PALE — I. ˈpāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMPARISON
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PALE — (v. i.) Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale …
Английский словарь Webster
PALE — ( v. i. ) Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PALE — pale 1 — palely , adv. — paleness , n. /payl/ , adj., paler, palest , v. , paled, paling …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PALE — I. ˈpāl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pel, pal stake, from Latin palus — more at pole Date: 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMPARISON — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French comparison, from Latin comparation-, comparatio, from comparare Date: 14th century 1. : the act …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PALE — noun a cheese scoop. 2. pale ·noun paleness; pallor. 3. pale ·noun a stripe or band, as on a garment. …
Webster English vocab
COMPARISON — vt to compare. 2. comparison ·noun the faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts. …
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
Webster English vocab
PALE — ~ 1 ■ adjective 1》 containing little colour or pigment; light in colour or shade. ↘(of a person's face) having …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PALE — [pale] n [ME, fr. MF pal stake, fr. L palus--more at pole] (12c) 1 archaic: palisade, paling 2. a: one …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PALE — (from Latin palus, stake), district separated from the surrounding country by defined boundaries or distinguished by a different administrative and …
Britannica English vocabulary
PALE — / peɪl; NAmE / adjective , verb , noun ■ adjective ( paler , pal·est ) 1. ( of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPARISON — / kəmˈpærɪsn; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] comparison (with sb/sth) the process of comparing two or more people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PALE — I. pale 1 W3 /peɪl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin pallidus ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMPARISON — com ‧ pa ‧ ri ‧ son S3 W2 /kəmˈpærəs ə n, kəmˈpærɪs ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PALE — adj. & v. --adj. 1 (of a person or complexion) of a whitish or ashen appearance. 2 a (of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COMPARISON — n. 1 the act or an instance of comparing. 2 a simile or semantic illustration. 3 capacity for being likened; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PALE — adj. & v. adj. 1 (of a person or complexion) of a whitish or ashen appearance. 2 a (of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COMPARISON — n. 1 the act or an instance of comparing. 2 a simile or semantic illustration. 3 capacity for being likened; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BY — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PALE — 1. adj. & v. --adj. 1. (of a person or complexion) of a whitish or ashen appearance. 2 a (of …
Oxford English vocab
COMPARISON — n.1 the act or an instance of comparing. 2 a simile or semantic illustration. 3 capacity for being likened; similarity …
Oxford English vocab
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Oxford English vocab
PALE — ( paler, palest, pales, paling, paled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPARISON — ( comparisons) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When you make a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — The preposition is pronounced /baɪ/. The adverb is pronounced /baɪ/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PALE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a light/pale colour (= not dark or strong ) ▪ Light colours make a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMPARISON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES trivial by comparison ▪ Her feelings for Simon seemed trivial by comparison . COLLOCATIONS FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMPARISON — [noun]They made a comparison of different countries' eating habits/lifestyles/standards of living (= showed how they were different). [C]We kept a …
Cambridge English vocab
PALE — Synonyms and related words : abate, abnormal, achievement, achromatic, achromatize, achromic, alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, alerion, ambit, anathema, anemic, animal charge, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMPARISON — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ favourable/favorable , unfavourable/unfavorable ▪ fair , unfair ▪ broad , crude ( esp. BrE ), simple ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COMPARISON — • ↑ in comparison/by comparison • ↑ make a comparison • ↑ there's no comparison
Longman Activator English vocab
PALE — n. 25B6; adjective she looked pale and drawn : WHITE, pallid, pasty, wan, colourless, anaemic, bloodless, washed out, peaky, ashen, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PALE — n. 1 paling, palisade, picket, upright, post, stake The pales are attached to horizontal rails to form a fence 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PALE — adj. 1 colourless, white, wan, sallow, waxen, livid, ashen, ashy, pallid, bloodless, whitish, pasty, whey-faced, washed out, anaemic, blanched, drained, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PALE — I 1. сущ. 1) уст. забор, палисад, частокол Syn : palisade, paling 2) кол; свая; штакетина (из ограды, забора) Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMPARISON — сущ. сличение, сопоставление, сравнение there is no comparison between them ≈ невозможно их сравнивать make a comparison beyond all comparison …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BY — 1. предл. 1) а) у, при, около a home by a lake ≈ дом рядом с озером Syn : near …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PALE — pale.ogg _I 1. peıl n 1. кол, свая, стойка 2. 1> частокол, ограда 2> граница, черта, предел out of within …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COMPARISON — comparison.ogg kəmʹpærıs(ə)n n 1> сравнение to draw /to make/ a comparison (between) - проводить сравнение (между) to bring into comparison …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BY — 1. baı a 1. лежащий в стороне 2. второстепенный, необязательный 2. baı adv 1. мимо he passed by without a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COMPARISON — 1) сравнение; сличение ( эталонов ) 2) геод. компарирование • to perform comparison — сличать, проводить сличение; to undergo comparison …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
COMPARISON — 1) сравнение; сличение (эталонов) 2) геод. компарирование • to perform comparison — сличать, проводить сличение; to undergo comparison — подвергаться сличению; участвовать в сличениях - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PALE — 1) бледный 2) блеклый 3) кол • - pale brick - pale color - pale crepe
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
COMPARISON — 1) аналогия 2) сличение 3) сопоставление 4) сравнение • basis of comparison — основа для сравнения comparison in time — сравнение во времени comparison in space — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PALE — pale I 1. сущ.1) устар. забор, палисад, частокол Syn:palisade, paling 2) кол; свая; штакетина (из ограды, забора) Syn:picket 1. 3) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COMPARISON — comparison сущ.сличение, сопоставление, сравнение there is no comparison between them — невозможно их сравнивать - make a comparison - beyond …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BY — by предл.1) у, при, около, возле, рядом с (нахождение или действие вблизи чего-л.) a home by a lake — дом …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PALE — I 1. [peıl] n 1. кол, свая, стойка 2. 1) частокол, ограда 2) граница, черта, предел out of [within] the …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PALE — _I 1. peıl n 1. кол, свая, стойка 2. 1> частокол, ограда 2> граница, черта, предел out of within the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COMPARISON — n 1> сравнение to draw /to make/ a comparison (between) - проводить сравнение (между) to bring into comparison - сравнивать …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BY — 1. baı a 1. лежащий в стороне 2. второстепенный, необязательный 2. baı adv 1. мимо he passed by without a …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PALE — I 1. сущ. 1) уст. забор, палисад, частокол Syn: palisade , paling 2) кол; свая; штакетина ( из ограды, забора …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
COMPARISON — сущ. сличение, сопоставление, сравнение there is no comparison between them — невозможно их сравнивать - bear comparison with - beyond …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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