See takeover on Wiktionary
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},
"expansion": "takeover",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "take over"
}
],
"categories": [
"English misspellings"
],
"glosses": [
"Misspelling of take over."
],
"links": [
[
"take over",
"take over#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"misspelling"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-us-takeover.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/En-us-takeover.ogg/En-us-takeover.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/En-us-takeover.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "takeover"
}
Download raw JSONL data for takeover meaning in All languages combined (12.7kB)
{
"called_from": "page/2530",
"msg": "skipping string in the middle of translations: </table></div></div>\n\n",
"path": [
"takeover"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "takeover",
"trace": ""
}
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