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inhabit
English
Alternative forms
- enhabit (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare (in + habitare).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?hæb?t/
- Hyphenation: in?hab?it
- Rhymes: -æb?t
Verb
inhabit (third-person singular simple present inhabits, present participle inhabiting, simple past and past participle inhabited)
- (transitive) To live or reside in.
- 1813, Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer
- O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?
- 1813, Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer
- (transitive) To be present in; to occupy.
Synonyms
- (to live or reside in some place): bedwell; See also Thesaurus:reside
- (to be present in some place): occupy
Derived terms
- inhabitable
Related terms
- inhabitant
Translations
inhabit From the web:
- what inhabited chloe slime
- what inhabitants means
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- what inhabits the north pole
- what inhibits iron absorption
- what inhibits the growth of eubacteria
- what inhibits the growth of bacteria in inanimate environments
- what inhibits calcium absorption
comparable
English
Etymology
From Middle French comparable, from Latin compar?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?mp(?)??bl?/, /k?m?pæ??bl?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?mp(?)??bl?/, /k?m?pæ??bl?/
- (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /k?m?p???bl?/
Adjective
comparable (comparative more comparable, superlative most comparable)
- (often with to) Able to be compared (to).
- (often with to) Similar (to); like.
- (mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
- (grammar) Said of an adjective that has a comparative and superlative form.
Usage notes
The pronunciation /?k?mp(?)??bl?/ is not possible with sense 4.
Related terms
- comparability
- comparableness
- incomparable
- uncomparable
- non-comparable, noncomparable
Translations
Noun
comparable (plural comparables)
- Something suitable for comparison.
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin compar?bilis.
Adjective
comparable (epicene, plural comparables)
- comparable
Related terms
- comparar
- incomparable
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin compar?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kom.p???a.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kum.p???a.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kom.pa??a.ble/
Adjective
comparable (masculine and feminine plural comparables)
- comparable
- Antonym: incomparable
Derived terms
- comparablement
Related terms
- comparar
- incomparable
Further reading
- “comparable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin compar?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.pa.?abl/
Adjective
comparable (plural comparables)
- comparable (suitable to be compared)
Related terms
- comparabilité
Further reading
- “comparable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Alternative forms
- comparábel
Etymology
From Latin compar?bilis.
Adjective
comparable m or f (plural comparables)
- comparable
Related terms
- comparar
- incomparábel / incomparable
Further reading
- “comparable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin compar?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kompa??able/, [kõm.pa??a.??le]
Adjective
comparable (plural comparables)
- comparable
- Antonym: incomparable
Related terms
- comparar
- incomparable
Further reading
- “comparable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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