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.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

PALE BY COMPARISON — is not as good, is not as beautiful or talented Most European parks pale by comparison to Banff.
English Idioms vocab
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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