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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "A to Zee"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "oh zee"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "zee bar"
}
],
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"etymology_text": "1670s US variant of zed (which see for more), by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee, and standardized by Noah Webster.",
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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{
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
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"Latin",
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"Latin",
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"Latin",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "gee"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "aitch"
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"Latin",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"Latin",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
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"word": "kay"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "em"
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{
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
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"word": "en"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "o"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "pee"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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"word": "cue"
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{
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
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"word": "ar"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"Latin",
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"word": "ess"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "tee"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "u"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "vee"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "double-u"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ex"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "wye"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "zee"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
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{
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"orig": "en:Latin letter names",
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"Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
"Names",
"Orthography",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
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"Language",
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"Communication"
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{
"ref": "1984 Waite, Prata & Martin, C (Computer Program Language), p. 190",
"text": "Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee."
}
],
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"The name of the Latin-script letter Z."
],
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"links": [
[
"Z",
"Z#English"
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],
"tags": [
"Newfoundland",
"Philippines",
"US"
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "zīd",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "زِيد"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "dzītā",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "دْزِيتَا"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "jeḍ",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "জেড"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zeta"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "zet"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "zet"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "zo"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sett"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "setta"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "tseta"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "tset"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "zeta"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "zet"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zède"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zeta"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Zet"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Zett"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "zent",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ζεντ"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "zi",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ζι"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "zeta"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "zed",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "זֵד"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "zī",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "ज़ी"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "zeḍ",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "ज़ेड"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "zé"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zeta"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "ze"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "zet"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "zae"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zeta"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zetto",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "ゼット"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zeddo",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "ゼッド"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zī",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "ズィー"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jedeu",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "제드"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "same as \"G\"",
"roman": "ji",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "지"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "zēta"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "zed"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "jheḍ",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "झेड"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "izèda"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zed",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "زد"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zi",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "زی"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "zet"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zê"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zɛd",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"English",
"neuter"
],
"word": "зэд"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zɛt",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зэт"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "cɛt",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"German",
"neuter"
],
"word": "цэт"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zeta"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zäta"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "zi"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sii",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "ซี"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sɛ̂t",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "แซด"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "ze"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"word": "ze"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sèd"
}
]
},
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"text": "zee-bar.",
"type": "example"
}
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"Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds."
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"US"
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"text": "Time to get some zees.",
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"Sleep."
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"sleep"
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"(colloquial, usually in the plural) Sleep."
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"Newfoundland",
"Philippines",
"US",
"colloquial",
"plural-normally"
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}
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"ipa": "/ziː/"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈzeɪː/",
"tags": [
"Philippine"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
"Canada"
],
"text": "Audio (CAN)"
}
],
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{
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"tags": [
"Australia",
"Canada",
"Ireland",
"New-Zealand",
"South-Africa",
"UK"
],
"word": "zed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Hong-Kong",
"Scotland",
"South-Asia"
],
"word": "izzard"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Noah Webster"
],
"word": "zee"
}
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_text": "1670s US variant of zed (which see for more), by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee, and standardized by Noah Webster.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "zees",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "zeeing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "zeed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
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{
"form": "zeed",
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"past"
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}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "zeta"
}
],
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],
"glosses": [
"To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)"
],
"id": "en-zee-en-verb-P70Qxego",
"links": [
[
"sleep",
"sleep"
],
[
"nap",
"nap"
],
[
"zzz",
"zzz"
],
[
"catch some z's",
"catch some z's"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)"
],
"tags": [
"Newfoundland",
"US",
"informal",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 26 30 30 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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],
"glosses": [
"To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns."
],
"id": "en-zee-en-verb-4QGjsDyG",
"links": [
[
"zigzag",
"zigzag"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns."
],
"tags": [
"Newfoundland",
"US",
"intransitive",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ziː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈzeɪː/",
"tags": [
"Philippine"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
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