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"word": "beholder"
},
{
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"word": "eye of the beholder"
},
{
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"word": "lo and behold"
},
{
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"word": "long and behold"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "sight to behold"
}
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"expansion": "Middle English beholden",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "ang",
"3": "behealdan",
"4": "",
"5": "to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave"
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"expansion": "Old English behealdan (“to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”)",
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"4": "",
"5": "to hold with, keep"
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"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”)",
"name": "inh"
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"2": "be",
"3": "hold"
},
"expansion": "be- + hold",
"name": "prefix"
},
{
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"1": "stq",
"2": "behoolde",
"t": "to keep"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "behouden",
"3": "",
"4": "to keep, restrain, preserve"
},
"expansion": "Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "behalten",
"3": "",
"4": "to keep, restrain, remember"
},
"expansion": "German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Danish",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "beholde",
"3": "",
"4": "to keep"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian beholde (“to keep”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "behålla",
"3": "",
"4": "to keep"
},
"expansion": "Swedish behålla (“to keep”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English beholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”).",
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "beholding",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "beheld",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "beheld",
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"participle",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "beholden",
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"participle",
"past",
"rare"
]
},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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"infinitive"
]
}
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"expansion": "behold (third-person singular simple present beholds, present participle beholding, simple past beheld, past participle beheld or (rare) beholden)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
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},
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby \"Boris\" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers",
"text": "I was working in the lab late one night\nWhen my eyes beheld an eerie sight\nFor my monster, from his slab, began to rise\nAnd suddenly, to my surprise\nHe did the Mash\nHe did the Monster Mash.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon."
],
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"links": [
[
"look at",
"look at"
],
[
"see",
"see#Verb"
],
[
"appreciatively",
"appreciatively"
],
[
"descry",
"descry"
],
[
"look upon",
"look upon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "look"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "huwaḏā",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "هُوَذَا"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "arc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "hā, ho",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"tags": [
"Hebrew"
],
"word": "הא"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "arc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "hā, ho",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"tags": [
"Syriac"
],
"word": "ܗܐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gledam",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "гледам"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "viždam",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "виждам"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "mirar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "vigilar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kàn",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "看"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "aanschouwen"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "ptr",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "p*t:r-M4-D6"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "rigardi"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "katsoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "regarder"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "voir"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "observer"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "mirar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "espreitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "ollar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "betrachten"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "sehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "schauen"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "anschauen"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "ansehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "skopéō",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "σκοπέω"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hiné",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "הִנֵּה"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "haréi",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "הֲרֵי"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "meglát"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "észrevesz"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "megpillant"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "sjá"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "yen"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "lihat"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "ad·cí"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "guardare"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"alt": "みる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "miru",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "見る"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"alt": "みとめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mitomeru",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "認める"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "aspicio"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "tueor"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gleda",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "гледа"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sledi",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "следи"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "lucar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "véser"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "veire"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "agachar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "agaitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "espiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "mirar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "negaristan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "نگریستن"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ujrzeć"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "ver"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "contemplar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "vedea"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smotrétʹ",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "смотре́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gljadétʹ",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "гляде́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uvidetʹ",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "увидеть"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzgljanutʹ",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "взглянуть"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "paśyati",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "पश्यति"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "amhairc"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "seall"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "posmatrati"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "gledati"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "contemplar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "mirar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "observar"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "skåda"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "betrakta"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "åskåda"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "tqw",
"lang": "Tonkawa",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "ˀana"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 4 22",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "bakmak"
}
]
},
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"glosses": [
"To contemplate (someone or something)."
],
"id": "en-behold-en-verb-ZleR-SCG",
"links": [
[
"contemplate",
"contemplate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"To contemplate (someone or something)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To look."
],
"id": "en-behold-en-verb-gMGu2XKI",
"links": [
[
"look",
"look#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To look."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bɪˈhəʊld/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɪˈhoʊld/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊld"
},
{
"rhymes": "-oʊld"
},
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"audio": "en-us-behold.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/En-us-behold.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "behold"
}
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"expansion": "Middle English beholden",
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"5": "to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave"
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"expansion": "Old English behealdan (“to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”)",
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"name": "inh"
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"t": "to keep"
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"expansion": "Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”)",
"name": "cog"
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"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "behouden",
"3": "",
"4": "to keep, restrain, preserve"
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"expansion": "Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”)",
"name": "cog"
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "behalten",
"3": "",
"4": "to keep, restrain, remember"
},
"expansion": "German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Danish",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "beholde",
"3": "",
"4": "to keep"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian beholde (“to keep”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "behålla",
"3": "",
"4": "to keep"
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"expansion": "Swedish behålla (“to keep”)",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "mirar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "vigilar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kàn",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "看"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "aanschouwen"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "ptr",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "p*t:r-M4-D6"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "rigardi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "katsoa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "regarder"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "voir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "observer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "mirar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "espreitar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "ollar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "betrachten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "sehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "schauen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "anschauen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "ansehen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "skopéō",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "σκοπέω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hiné",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "הִנֵּה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "haréi",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "הֲרֵי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "meglát"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "észrevesz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "megpillant"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "sjá"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "yen"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "lihat"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "ad·cí"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "guardare"
},
{
"alt": "みる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "miru",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "見る"
},
{
"alt": "みとめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mitomeru",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "認める"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "aspicio"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "tueor"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gleda",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "гледа"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sledi",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "следи"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "lucar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "véser"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "veire"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "agachar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "agaitar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "espiar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "mirar"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "negaristan",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "نگریستن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ujrzeć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "ver"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "contemplar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "vedea"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smotrétʹ",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "смотре́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gljadétʹ",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "гляде́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uvidetʹ",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "увидеть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzgljanutʹ",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "взглянуть"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "paśyati",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "पश्यति"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "amhairc"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "seall"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "posmatrati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "gledati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "contemplar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "mirar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "observar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "skåda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "betrakta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "åskåda"
},
{
"code": "tqw",
"lang": "Tonkawa",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "ˀana"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to see, to look at",
"word": "bakmak"
}
],
"word": "behold"
}
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"Rhymes:English/oʊld/2 syllables",
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"Rhymes:English/əʊld/2 syllables",
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"1": "nl",
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"3": "",
"4": "to keep, restrain, preserve"
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"3": "",
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"4": "to keep"
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"sense": "Translations",
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aha",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ահա"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ziehier"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ziedaar"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "jen"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "voici"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "voilà"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "velaquí"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "velaí"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "eis"
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{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "sai",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "𐍃𐌰𐌹"
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "idoú",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ἰδού"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "הִנֵּה"
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{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ecce"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ecco"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "miyo",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "見よ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hora",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ほら"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "eweta",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ئەوەتا"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "emeta",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ئەمەتا"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ecce"
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{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "æfne"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "eis"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "vede"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "iată"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vot",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "вот"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "seall"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "he aquí"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mirad"
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