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paragon

 
Dictionary: par·a·gon   (păr'ə-gŏn', -gən) pronunciation
n.
  1. A model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example: a paragon of virtue.
    1. An unflawed diamond weighing at least 100 carats.
    2. A very large spherical pearl.
  2. Printing. A type size of 20 points.
tr.v., -goned, -gon·ing, -gons.
  1. To compare; parallel.
  2. To equal; match.

[Obsolete French, from Old French, from Old Italian paragone, from paragonare, to test on a touchstone, perhaps from Greek parakonān, to sharpen : para-, alongside; see para-1 + akonē, whetstone.]


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noun

    A person or thing so excellent as to have no equal or match: nonesuch, nonpareil, phoenix. See good/bad.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A model of excellence.

pronunciation The very paragon of genius, Albert Einstein, couldn't be persuaded to give quantum physics his unreserved endorsement. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-Swiss-American mathematical physicist, famous for his theories of relativity.

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A paragon is a large, flawless diamond. The title is now used figuratively to denote a model of excellence or perfection of any kind; one having no equal; a perfect embodiment of a concept.[1]

It can also refer to:

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  • Paragon CRT, a method of corneal refraction developed by Paragon Vision Sciences

References

  1. ^ "paragon", Oxford English Dictionary, 2009, http://dictionary.oed.com 

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mønster, rival, sammenligning, diamant på 600 karat eller mere
v. tr. - sammenligne, overgå

Nederlands (Dutch)
toonbeeld, paragon (diamant), vergelijken, evenaren

Français (French)
n. - modèle
v. tr. - mettre en parallèle, assortir, tester sur une pierre de touche

Deutsch (German)
n. - (zur Nachahmung empfohlenes) Muster, (Druckw.) Typengröße 20, besonders große Perle
v. - vergleichen, rivalisieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιδεώδες) πρότυπο, υπόδειγμα, ασυναγώνιστος

Italiano (Italian)
paragone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - modelo de excelência (m), pérola de valor inestimável (f)

Русский (Russian)
образец

Español (Spanish)
n. - ejemplo, modelo, dechado, diamante sin defecto
v. tr. - comparar, rivalizar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förebild, dygdemönster

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
模范, 完美之物, 优秀之人, 把...作比较, 使比得上, 胜过, 把...视作典范, 作为...的典范

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 模範, 完美之物, 優秀之人
v. tr. - 把...作比較, 使比得上, 勝過, 把...視作典範, 作為...的典範

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 모범, 100 캐럿 이상의 완전한 금강석
v. tr. - 비교하다, 모범으로 삼다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 模範, 典型

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مثال, نموذج, ماسه, مثاليه أو بالغه حد الكمال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדם מושלם, מופת, יהלום בן לפחות 001 קאראט‬
v. tr. - ‮השווה, השתווה עם‬


 
 

 

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