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"Used at the beginning of a clarifying statement or disclaimer, especially if it is the only one on the page."
],
"links": [
[
"clarifying",
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],
[
"statement",
"statement#English"
],
[
"disclaimer",
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]
],
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"(by extension) Used at the beginning of a clarifying statement or disclaimer, especially if it is the only one on the page."
],
"raw_tags": [
"punctuation"
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"mul:Cricket"
],
"glosses": [
"Used to marks a score or statistic that is incomplete, such as the score of a batsman who is (or was) not out."
],
"links": [
[
"cricket",
"cricket"
],
[
"score",
"score#Noun"
],
[
"statistic",
"statistic#English"
],
[
"incomplete",
"incomplete#English"
],
[
"batsman",
"batsman#English"
],
[
"not out",
"not out#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(cricket) Used to marks a score or statistic that is incomplete, such as the score of a batsman who is (or was) not out."
],
"raw_tags": [
"punctuation"
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"cricket",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"mul:Computing"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "trans* (transgender or transsexual)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Uses especially in computing.",
"Used as a wildcard to denote zero or more characters."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"wildcard",
"wildcard#English"
],
[
"character",
"character#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly computing) Uses especially in computing.",
"Used as a wildcard to denote zero or more characters."
],
"raw_tags": [
"punctuation"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"mul:Computing",
"mul:Internet"
],
"glosses": [
"Uses especially in computing.",
"Used to indicate a field of a form that must be filled out."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"field",
"field#Noun"
],
[
"form",
"form#English"
],
[
"filled out",
"fill out#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly computing) Uses especially in computing.",
"(Internet) Used to indicate a field of a form that must be filled out."
],
"raw_tags": [
"punctuation"
],
"tags": [
"Internet"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"Translingual internet slang",
"mul:Computing"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm our of time. / *out",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Uses especially in computing.",
"Used before or after a word to show a correction has been made, chiefly by the same participant."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"slang",
"slang"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly computing) Uses especially in computing.",
"(Internet slang) Used before or after a word to show a correction has been made, chiefly by the same participant."
],
"raw_tags": [
"punctuation"
],
"tags": [
"Internet"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"mul:Genealogy"
],
"glosses": [
"Used before a date to denote that it is a birthdate."
],
"links": [
[
"genealogy",
"genealogy"
],
[
"birthdate",
"birthdate#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "genealogy",
"raw_glosses": [
"(genealogy) Used before a date to denote that it is a birthdate."
],
"raw_tags": [
"punctuation"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Used to indicate emphasis, see * *."
],
"links": [
[
"emphasis",
"emphasis#English"
],
[
"* *",
"* *"
]
],
"raw_tags": [
"punctuation"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Used to form a dinkus, * * *, or asterism, ⁂."
],
"links": [
[
"dinkus",
"dinkus#English"
],
[
"asterism",
"asterism#English"
],
[
"⁂",
"⁂"
]
],
"raw_tags": [
"punctuation"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "in censoring",
"word": "■"
},
{
"sense": "in censoring",
"word": "—"
},
{
"sense": "footnote",
"word": "†"
},
{
"sense": "footnote",
"word": "‡"
},
{
"sense": "footnote",
"word": "§"
},
{
"sense": "footnote",
"word": "‖"
},
{
"sense": "footnote",
"word": "¶"
},
{
"sense": "as wildcard",
"word": "%"
},
{
"sense": "genealogy",
"word": "°"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Asterisk"
],
"word": "*"
}
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