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Degree: degree of comparison

Degree of comparison is used as an inflectional feature of some adjectives and adverbs.

Cmp: comparative, second degree

The quality of one object is compared to the same quality of another object.

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Sup: superlative, third degree

The quality of one object is compared to the same quality of all other objects within a set.

Italian does not seem to have single words for ‘relative’ superlatives, such as [en] “youngest”. One would say instead:

Examples

Abs: absolute superlative

The quality of the given object is so strong that there is hardly any other object exceeding it. The quality is not actually compared to any particular set of objects.

Examples


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