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1 comparison
[kəm'pærisn]noun ((an act of) comparing: There's no comparison between Beethoven and pop music; Living here is cheap in comparison with London.) primerjava* * *[kəmpaerisn]nounprimerjava, prispodoba; grammar stopnjevanjebeyond ( —ali past, out of) (all) comparison — neprimerljiv, brezprimerento bear ( —ali stand) comparison — dati se primerjati, prenesti primerjavoby comparison, by way of comparison — primerjaje, primeroma -
2 measure
['meʒə] 1. noun1) (an instrument for finding the size, amount etc of something: a glass measure for liquids; a tape-measure.) merilo2) (a unit: The metre is a measure of length.) merska enota3) (a system of measuring: dry/liquid/square measure.) mera4) (a plan of action or something done: We must take (= use, or put into action) certain measures to stop the increase in crime.) ukrep5) (a certain amount: a measure of sympathy.) mera6) ((in music) the musical notes contained between two bar lines.) takt2. verb1) (to find the size, amount etc of (something): He measured the table.) izmeriti2) (to show the size, amount etc of: A thermometer measures temperature.) meriti3) ((with against, besides etc) to judge in comparison with: She measured her skill in cooking against her friend's.) primerjati4) (to be a certain size: This table measures two metres by one metre.) meriti•- beyond measure
- for good measure
- full measure
- made to measure
- measure out
- measure up* * *I [méžə]nounmera, merilo (tudi figuratively); stopnja, obseg; del, delež; razmerje, meja; poetically metrum, pesniška mera; music takt, ritem; archaic ples; chemistry menzura, stopnja; geology plural sloji, ležišča; juridically ukrepmathematics greatest common measure — (G.C.M.) največja skupna merabeyond ( —ali out of all) measure — prekomeren, čez meroto have s.o.'s measure — oceniti značaj kogato take s.o.'s measure — vzeti komu mero, umeriti; figuratively oceniti značaj kogato take measures — podvzeti korake, ukreniti kajarchaic to tread a measure — plesatiII [méžə]1.transitive verbmeriti, izmeriti, odmeriti; umeriti (obleko); oceniti, soditi, presoditi (by po); primerjati, meriti ( with s, z); prehoditi;2.intransitive verbmeritito measure s.o. for (a suit of clothes) — vzeti komu mero (za obleko)to measure one's strength with s.o. — meriti se s komto measure s.o. with one's eye — premeriti koga z očmito measure s.o. from top to toe — premeriti koga od glave do pete -
3 sustain
[sə'stein]1) (to bear (the weight of): The branches could hardly sustain the weight of the fruit.) vzdržati2) (to give help or strength to: The thought of seeing her again sustained him throughout his ordeal.) podpirati* * *[səstéin]transitive verbvzdrževati, oskrbovati, hraniti, preživljati; podpirati; podkrepiti; braniti; prenašati, nositi, prenesti, vzdržati, vztrajati, ne popuščati, ne prenehati; (pre)trpeti, utrpeti, prenesti (izgubo); music obdržati (noto); juridically odločiti v koristto sustain a theory — podkrepiti, podpirati neko teorijo -
4 in proportion to
(in relation to; in comparison with: You spend far too much time on that work in proportion to its importance.) glede na -
5 compare
[kəm'peə]1) (to put (things etc) side by side in order to see to what extent they are the same or different: If you compare his work with hers you will find hers more accurate; This is a good essay compared with your last one.) primerjati2) (to describe as being similar to: She compared him to a monkey.) primerjati (z)3) (to be near in standard or quality: He just can't compare with Mozart.) primerjati se•- comparative
- comparatively
- comparison* * *I [kəmpʌ/ə]1.transitive verb(with, to) primerjati; grammar stopnjevati;2.intransitive verb( with) dati se primerjati; tekmovaticolloquially to compare notes — debatiratiII [kəmpʌ/ə]nounpoetically primerjava -
6 past
1. adjective1) (just finished: the past year.) pretekli2) (over, finished or ended, of an earlier time than the present: The time for discussion is past.) izteči se3) ((of the tense of a verb) indicating action in the past: In `He did it', the verb is in the past tense.) preteklik2. preposition1) (up to and beyond; by: He ran past me.) mimo2) (after: It's past six o'clock.) čez3. adverb(up to and beyond (a particular place, person etc): The soldiers marched past.) mimo4. noun1) (a person's earlier life or career, especially if secret or not respectable: He never spoke about his past.) preteklost2) (the past tense: a verb in the past.) preteklik•- the past* * *I [pa:st]adjectiveminuli, prejšnji, pretekligrammar past participle — pretekli deležnikgrammar past tense — pretekli čas, preteritumgrammar past perfect — predpretekli časII [pa:st]adverbmimo, čez meroIII [pa:st]nounpreteklost; prejšnje življenje; grammar pretekli časIV [pa:st]preposition (časovno) čez ( half past seven pol osmih, she is past forty ima čez 40 let); figuratively brez, izven (dosega, območja, področja)past endurance — neznosen, nevzdržencolloquially I wouldn't put it past him — to bi mu zlahka pripisal
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In comparison with — Comparison Com*par i*son (? or ?), n. [F. comparaison, L. comparatio. See 1st {Compare}.] 1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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invite comparison with — formal to be similar to someone or something His powerful performances inevitably invite comparison with those of de Niro … English dictionary
in comparison with something — by/in comparison (with sb/sth) idiom when compared with sb/sth • The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first. • The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York s skyscrapers. Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
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by comparison with something — by/in comparison (with sb/sth) idiom when compared with sb/sth • The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first. • The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York s skyscrapers. Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
by comparison with somebody — by/in comparison (with sb/sth) idiom when compared with sb/sth • The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first. • The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York s skyscrapers. Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
pale in comparison (with something) — ˈpale beside/next to sth | ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to sth) | ˈpale into insignificance idiom to seem less important when compared with sth else • Last year s riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence. • Our problems pale … Useful english dictionary
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