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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "come aloft"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "gone aloft"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "stitch aloft"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "take aloft"
}
],
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"2": "non",
"3": "á lopti",
"t": "in the sky"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "a",
"3": "loft"
},
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"name": "pre"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse á lopti (“in the sky”); equivalent to a- + loft.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more aloft",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
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"superlative"
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"word": "alow"
}
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{
"text": "high winds aloft",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"At, to, or in the air or sky."
],
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"links": [
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"air",
"air"
],
[
"sky",
"sky"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "53 26 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "In the air, high up",
"word": "ilmassa"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 26 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "In the air, high up",
"word": "korkealla"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 26 20",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "húpsi",
"sense": "In the air, high up",
"word": "ὕψι"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 26 20",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "In the air, high up",
"word": "kaurera"
}
]
},
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}
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{
"ref": "1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island",
"text": "Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies",
"text": "He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017 June 11, Ben Fisher, “England seal Under-20 World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes”, in the Guardian",
"text": "Lewis Cook held the trophy aloft after becoming the first England captain to lead his country to victory in a major global final since Sir Bobby Moore. A white sea of confetti slowly filled the pitch, with each England player taking hold of the trophy on the stage swiftly erected in Suwon to kick-start the celebrations.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Above, overhead, in a high place; up."
],
"id": "en-aloft-en-adv-Q6NjRx8V",
"links": [
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"Above",
"above"
],
[
"overhead",
"overhead"
],
[
"high",
"high"
],
[
"up",
"up"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 95 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "visoko",
"sense": "above",
"word": "високо"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 95 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "navisoko",
"sense": "above",
"word": "нависоко"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 95 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "above",
"word": "ylhäällä"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 95 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "above",
"word": "yläpuolella"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 95 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "above",
"word": "en haut"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 95 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "above",
"word": "en l’air"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 95 5",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "húpsi",
"sense": "above",
"word": "ὕψῐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 95 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "above",
"word": "sopra"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 95 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "above",
"word": "nas alturas"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 95 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vysoko",
"sense": "above",
"word": "высоко"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 95 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "above",
"word": "hore"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 95 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "above",
"word": "vysoko"
}
]
},
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"name": "Nautical",
"orig": "en:Nautical",
"parents": [
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
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{
"ref": "1859, James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover: A Tale",
"text": "I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging."
],
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"nautical",
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"masthead"
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"yards",
"yard"
],
[
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"rigging"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical) In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging."
],
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"nautical",
"transport"
],
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"_dis1": "2 5 93",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging",
"word": "ylhäällä mastossa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 5 93",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging",
"word": "i gcrann"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 5 93",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging",
"word": "all`apice"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/əˈlɔft/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːft"
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈlɑft/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈlɒft/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒft"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/En-us-aloft.ogg/En-us-aloft.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/En-us-aloft.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "ə-lôft'",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"enpr": "ə-lŏft'",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "aloft"
}
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"English adverbs",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Old Norse",
"English terms prefixed with a-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɒft",
"Rhymes:English/ɒft/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɔːft"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "come aloft"
},
{
"word": "gone aloft"
},
{
"word": "stitch aloft"
},
{
"word": "take aloft"
}
],
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},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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},
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"name": "pre"
}
],
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"comparative"
]
},
{
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"superlative"
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{
"word": "lofty"
},
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"word": "alow"
}
],
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],
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"text": "high winds aloft",
"type": "example"
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],
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"At, to, or in the air or sky."
],
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"air",
"air"
],
[
"sky",
"sky"
]
]
},
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island",
"text": "Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies",
"text": "He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017 June 11, Ben Fisher, “England seal Under-20 World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes”, in the Guardian",
"text": "Lewis Cook held the trophy aloft after becoming the first England captain to lead his country to victory in a major global final since Sir Bobby Moore. A white sea of confetti slowly filled the pitch, with each England player taking hold of the trophy on the stage swiftly erected in Suwon to kick-start the celebrations.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Above, overhead, in a high place; up."
],
"links": [
[
"Above",
"above"
],
[
"overhead",
"overhead"
],
[
"high",
"high"
],
[
"up",
"up"
]
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Nautical"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1859, James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover: A Tale",
"text": "I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging."
],
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"masthead",
"masthead"
],
[
"yards",
"yard"
],
[
"rigging",
"rigging"
]
],
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"(nautical) In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging."
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈlɔft/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːft"
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈlɑft/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈlɒft/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒft"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/En-us-aloft.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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},
{
"enpr": "ə-lôft'",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"enpr": "ə-lŏft'",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "In the air, high up",
"word": "ilmassa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "In the air, high up",
"word": "korkealla"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "húpsi",
"sense": "In the air, high up",
"word": "ὕψι"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "In the air, high up",
"word": "kaurera"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "visoko",
"sense": "above",
"word": "високо"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "navisoko",
"sense": "above",
"word": "нависоко"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "above",
"word": "ylhäällä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "above",
"word": "yläpuolella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "above",
"word": "en haut"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "above",
"word": "en l’air"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "húpsi",
"sense": "above",
"word": "ὕψῐ"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "above",
"word": "sopra"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "above",
"word": "nas alturas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vysoko",
"sense": "above",
"word": "высоко"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "above",
"word": "hore"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "above",
"word": "vysoko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging",
"word": "ylhäällä mastossa"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging",
"word": "i gcrann"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging",
"word": "all`apice"
}
],
"word": "aloft"
}
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