"SPAD" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈspæd/ [UK] Forms: SPADs [plural]
Rhymes: -æd Head templates: {{en-noun}} SPAD (plural SPADs)
  1. (rail transport, UK) An instance of a signal passed at danger. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-SPAD-en-noun-kdswVcl8 Categories (other): British English Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  2. (UK politics, informal) Alternative form of spad (“special advisor in government”) Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative, informal Alternative form of: spad (extra: special advisor in government) Categories (topical): UK politics
    Sense id: en-SPAD-en-noun-j5Dg8VUH Topics: government, politics
  3. (plant science) A relative measurement of the amount of chlorophyll present in a leaf, based on measurements with a SPAD meter produced by Minolta.
    Sense id: en-SPAD-en-noun-VPlK6g4A
  4. (military) Initialism of self-propelled air defense; a self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: self-propelled air defense (extra: a self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle) Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-SPAD-en-noun-w4YEwulE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 4 8 48 14 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 3 12 48 14 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 2 11 52 13 12 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Phrase [English]

IPA: /ˈspæd/ [UK]
Rhymes: -æd Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} SPAD
  1. (rail transport, UK) Initialism of signal passed at danger. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: signal passed at danger Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-SPAD-en-phrase-Gi1Si0-3 Categories (other): British English Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈspæd/ [UK] Forms: SPADs [present, singular, third-person], SPADing [participle, present], SPADed [participle, past], SPADed [past]
Rhymes: -æd Head templates: {{en-verb}} SPAD (third-person singular simple present SPADs, present participle SPADing, simple past and past participle SPADed)
  1. (rail transport, UK) To pass a signal at danger. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Rail transportation Related terms: danger signal
    Sense id: en-SPAD-en-verb-1L6jZ7Ot Categories (other): British English Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Proper name [Malay]

IPA: /ˈspad/, [ˈspat̪]
Head templates: {{ms-proper noun}} SPAD
  1. (transport) Acronym of Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat (“Land Public Transport Commission”), a public transport regulatory agency in Malaysia Wikipedia link: ms:SPAD Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat (extra: (“Land Public Transport Commission”), a public transport regulatory agency in Malaysia) Categories (topical): Transport

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          "extra": "(“Land Public Transport Commission”), a public transport regulatory agency in Malaysia",
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        }
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        "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
        "Malay lemmas",
        "Malay links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Malay links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Malay proper nouns",
        "Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
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      ],
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        "Acronym of Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat (“Land Public Transport Commission”), a public transport regulatory agency in Malaysia"
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transport) Acronym of Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat (“Land Public Transport Commission”), a public transport regulatory agency in Malaysia"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
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      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspad/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspat̪]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "SPAD"
}

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