paragon
To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation withTo compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
» Tom is a paragon of honesty.
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4 sensesTo compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
vergleichen, mithalten, ebenbürtig sein
To compare with; to equal; to rival.
To serve as a model for; to surpass.
Vorbild sein, vorausgehen, modellhaft sein
To be equal; to hold comparison.
gleichauf sein, vergleichbar sein
Examples
4 sentencesTom is a paragon of honesty.
By all accounts, Fr. Mulligan was a paragon of virtue.
Tom shaved his beard off after becoming a fan of stoats, since stoats, the paragon of beauty, don't grow beards.
ruСтав поклонником горностаев, Том сбрил бороду, ведь горностаи - воплощение красоты - бород не носят. — Ooneykcall
The metallic gate to what seemed to be another universe became the paragon of postmodern Shinto.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French paragon, paragone, from Old Italian paragone, from paragonareBorrowed from Middle French paragon, paragone, from Old Italian paragone, from paragonare (“to test on a touchstone”), perhaps from Ancient Greek παρακονᾶν (parakonân, “to sharpen, whet”), from παρά- (pará-) + ἀκόνη (akónē, “whetstone, sharpening stone”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point, edge”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”)).
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Forms
paragons, paragoning, paragoned, paragonedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle