OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 7219

pale

/peɪl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
empalidecer • palidecer
To become insignificant.
(Although the conditions are rather different, the generosity of the offer certainly pales by comparison with the "Eurailpass" now available to tourists from North and South Americ…
Its financing pales next to the tens of billions that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will have at its disposal, especially with the coming infusion of some $3 billion a year…