"MC" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /ɛːm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɛːm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: em¹ si¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Yale], em¹ si¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ém¹ xi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English MC (emcee). Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|MC}} English MC, {{gl|emcee}} (emcee) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} MC
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) emcee; host; presenter Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-MC-zh-noun-otH-MwAA Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /ɛːm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɛːm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: em¹ si¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Yale], em¹ si¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ém¹ xi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Initialism of English multiple choice. Etymology templates: {{initialism|yue}} Initialism, {{ncog|en|multiple choice}} English multiple choice Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} MC
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang) multiple-choice question (Classifier: 條/条 c) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Derived forms: MC紙 [Cantonese], MC纸 [Cantonese]
    Sense id: en-MC-zh-noun-00lIoDsj Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 條/条, Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [English]

Audio: En-au-MC.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} MC
  1. (video games, informal) Initialism of Minecraft. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, initialism Alternative form of: Minecraft Categories (topical): Video games, Minecraft
    Sense id: en-MC-en-name-Zz6IJgOa Disambiguation of Minecraft: 19 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 3 4 0 7 0 6 0 0 1 4 8 8 3 18 2 1 Topics: video-games
  2. (US military) Initialism of Marine Corps. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Marine Corps Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-MC-en-name-8gz3y8Qx Categories (other): American English, English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. Abbreviation of Mastercard. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Mastercard
    Sense id: en-MC-en-name-DskpLjll Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-MC.ogg [Australia] Forms: MCs [plural], MC's [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|MC's}} MC (countable and uncountable, plural MCs or MC's)
  1. Initialism of master of ceremonies. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: master of ceremonies Categories (topical): Musicians, People
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-jezJK0uW Disambiguation of Musicians: 3 6 3 13 15 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 7 0 4 0 0 1 4 4 4 4 8 14 1 Disambiguation of People: 6 12 1 15 7 2 9 1 1 1 1 1 12 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 6 11 0
  2. (music, slang) A rapper. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Music, Musicians Synonyms: emcee
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-EttA59sF Disambiguation of Musicians: 3 6 3 13 15 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 7 0 4 0 0 1 4 4 4 4 8 14 1 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (knitting) Initialism of main colour. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: main colour Categories (topical): Knitting
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-JRvvuIzS Topics: business, knitting, manufacturing, textiles
  4. Initialism of medical center. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: medical center Categories (topical): Viral diseases
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-H1UBUFIB Disambiguation of Viral diseases: 5 7 1 3 3 1 26 2 3 3 2 1 3 1 6 1 2 4 2 8 6 4 2 3 0
  5. (textiles) Initialism of matching colour. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: matching colour Categories (topical): Textiles
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-xOYaKiSo Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
  6. (computing) Initialism of movie clip. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: movie clip Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun--IPWOqGe Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  7. Initialism of methylene chloride. (dichloromethane) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: methylene chloride (extra: dichloromethane)
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-I3cGowhn
  8. Initialism of motorcycle club. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: motorcycle club
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-lUtaQC1D
  9. Initialism of mail code. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: mail code
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-8q8hZ8ym
  10. Initialism of main character. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: main character
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-bq-6lV9I
  11. Initialism of military cross. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: military cross
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-S4XKLuMa
  12. (medicine, pathology) Initialism of molluscum contagiosum. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: molluscum contagiosum Categories (topical): Medicine, Pathology
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-ZjfPIqOA Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  13. Initialism of member of congress. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: member of congress
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-o52hpMpu
  14. Initialism of medical college. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: medical college
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-NeE17OWA
  15. (astronomy) Initialism of Mars-crosser. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Mars-crosser Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-BxrOXSRB Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  16. (astrology) Initialism of medium coeli, the midheaven or highest point in the sky. Contrasted to Imum Coeli. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: medium coeli (extra: the midheaven or highest point in the sky. Contrasted to Imum Coeli.) Categories (topical): Astrology
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-vEPol6~V Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
  17. Initialism of male circumcision. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: male circumcision
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-vEylAE0k
  18. Initialism of medical certificate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: medical certificate
    Sense id: en-MC-en-noun-oCMKHOK-
  19. (electronics, audio) Initialism of moving coil, a type of phono cartridge. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: moving coil (extra: a type of phono cartridge) Categories (topical): Electronics

Phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-MC.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} MC
  1. (text messaging) Initialism of Merry Christmas. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Merry Christmas Categories (topical): Minecraft Related terms: Mc, mc, Mac
    Sense id: en-MC-en-phrase-ZYXLX~79 Disambiguation of Minecraft: 19 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 3 4 0 7 0 6 0 0 1 4 8 8 3 18 2 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 8 8 0 1 0 8 0 0 2 8 8 9 5 17 2 0 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 2 5 5 0 1 0 11 0 0 2 5 11 11 4 23 1 0

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-MC.ogg [Australia] Forms: MCs [present, singular, third-person], MCing [participle, present], MCed [participle, past], MCed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} MC (third-person singular simple present MCs, present participle MCing, simple past and past participle MCed)
  1. To emcee, to act as a master of ceremonies. Categories (topical): Musicians
    Sense id: en-MC-en-verb-yQb~Gvql Disambiguation of Musicians: 3 6 3 13 15 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 7 0 4 0 0 1 4 4 4 4 8 14 1
  2. (music) To rap. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-MC-en-verb-LBagWXgZ Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Proper name [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|proper noun}} MC
  1. Abbreviation of Michoacán (Mexican state) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Michoacán (extra: Mexican state)
    Sense id: en-MC-es-name-lhGb4p1a Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish links with redundant wikilinks

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|noun|g=c}} MC c
  1. motorcycle; Abbreviation of motorcykel. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, common-gender Alternative form of: motorcykel Categories (topical): Vehicles Synonyms: mc

Symbol [Translingual]

Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|sc=Latn|sort=}} MC, {{mul-symbol}} MC
  1. (metrology) Symbol for megacoulomb, an SI unit of electric charge equal to 10⁶ coulombs. Tags: alt-of, symbol Alternative form of: megacoulomb (extra: an SI unit of electric charge equal to 10⁶ coulombs) Categories (topical): Symbols for SI units, Metrology
    Sense id: en-MC-mul-symbol-b~CJjR5O Topics: metrology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Symbol [Translingual]

Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|sc=Latn|sort=}} MC, {{mul-symbol}} MC
  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Monaco. Categories (place): Monaco Synonyms: MCO
    Sense id: en-MC-mul-symbol-JDeCgR46 Disambiguation of Monaco: 8 92 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Translingual terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Translingual terms with redundant script codes: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Vietnamese]

IPA: [ʔɛm˧˧ si˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ʔɛm˧˧ sɪj˧˧] [Huế], [ʔɛm˧˧ sɪj˧˧] [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City]
Etymology: From English MC (master of ceremonies). Etymology templates: {{bor|vi|en|MC|pos=master of ceremonies}} English MC (master of ceremonies) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} MC, {{vi-noun}} MC
  1. host (of a formal event, a program of entertainment, etc.) Categories (topical): Occupations Synonyms: người dẫn (alt: chương trình)

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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        "2": "noun"
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      "name": "head"
    }
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          "slang"
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          "multiple-choice question"
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        "Jyutping"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "colloquial sounds not defined"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "em¹ si¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ém¹ xi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
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}

{
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "proper noun"
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      "expansion": "MC",
      "name": "head"
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  "pos": "name",
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          "kind": "other",
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      "expansion": "MC c",
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            "Fundamental"
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        "common-gender"
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        "1": "vi",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "MC",
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      "ipa": "[ʔɛm˧˧ si˧˧]",
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        "Hà-Nội"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɛm˧˧ sɪj˧˧]",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɛm˧˧ sɪj˧˧]",
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    "Chinese nouns",
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        "3": "MC"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "colloquial sounds not defined"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "ipa": "/ɛːm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/"
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
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    "Chinese terms written in foreign scripts"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
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      "word": "MC纸"
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      "args": {
        "1": "yue"
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      "expansion": "Initialism",
      "name": "initialism"
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        "2": "multiple choice"
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      "name": "ncog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
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      "expansion": "MC",
      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
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        "Chinese school slang",
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "school",
          "school"
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        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
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        [
          "multiple-choice question",
          "multiple-choice question"
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        [
          "条",
          "条#Chinese"
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      ],
      "tags": [
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        "Hong-Kong"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
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        "Jyutping"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "colloquial sounds not defined"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "em¹ si¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ém¹ xi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/"
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  "word": "MC"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English phrases",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "English words without vowels",
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    "en:Musicians",
    "en:People",
    "en:Viral diseases"
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      "tags": [
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        "slang",
        "uncountable"
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        "lifestyle",
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    {
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          "word": "main colour"
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        "English terms with quotations",
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 91",
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          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of main colour."
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      "links": [
        [
          "knitting",
          "knitting#Noun"
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        [
          "main",
          "main#English"
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        [
          "colour",
          "colour#English"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(knitting) Initialism of main colour."
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      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
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      "topics": [
        "business",
        "knitting",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles"
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    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "medical center"
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      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
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      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of medical center."
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      "links": [
        [
          "medical center",
          "medical center#English"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
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    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "matching colour"
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      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
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      "links": [
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          "textiles"
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        [
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          "colour",
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        "(textiles) Initialism of matching colour."
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      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
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      "topics": [
        "business",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles"
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    {
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          "word": "movie clip"
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        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "sc": "Latn",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "MC",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "MC",
      "name": "mul-symbol"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "symbol",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Monaco."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ISO 3166-1",
          "w:ISO 3166-1"
        ],
        [
          "alpha-2",
          "w:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2"
        ],
        [
          "country code",
          "country code#English"
        ],
        [
          "Monaco",
          "Monaco#English"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Monaco."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "MCO"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "MC",
        "pos": "master of ceremonies"
      },
      "expansion": "English MC (master of ceremonies)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English MC (master of ceremonies).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "MC",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "MC",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Vietnamese lemmas",
        "Vietnamese nouns",
        "Vietnamese nouns without classifiers",
        "Vietnamese terms borrowed from English",
        "Vietnamese terms derived from English",
        "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "vi:Occupations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "host (of a formal event, a program of entertainment, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "host",
          "host"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ],
        [
          "program",
          "program"
        ],
        [
          "entertainment",
          "entertainment"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "chương trình",
          "word": "người dẫn"
        }
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɛm˧˧ si˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɛm˧˧ sɪj˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɛm˧˧ sɪj˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "MC"
}
{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "MC"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "MC",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "MC"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "MC",
  "trace": ""
}

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