See brīvība on Wiktionary
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"bold_text_offsets": [
[
24,
31
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
34,
41
]
],
"english": "there they gave the crow complete freedom",
"text": "tur vārnai deva pilnīgu brīvību",
"translation": "there they gave the crow complete freedom",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"freedom, liberty (situation in which a person or animal is not imprisoned)"
],
"links": [
[
"freedom",
"freedom"
],
[
"liberty",
"liberty"
],
[
"situation",
"situation#English"
],
[
"person",
"person#English"
],
[
"animal",
"animal#English"
],
[
"imprison",
"imprison#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
17,
24
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
7
]
],
"english": "freedom of choice, of action",
"text": "izvēles, rīcības brīvība",
"translation": "freedom of choice, of action",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
7
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
7
]
],
"english": "freedom to think, to judge, to decide",
"text": "brīvība domāt, spriest, lemt",
"translation": "freedom to think, to judge, to decide",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
18,
26
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
23,
30
]
],
"english": "to give the child more freedom",
"text": "dot bērnam vairāk brīvības",
"translation": "to give the child more freedom",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"freedom, liberty (having no constraints on one's possibilities for moving or acting)"
],
"links": [
[
"freedom",
"freedom"
],
[
"liberty",
"liberty"
],
[
"constraint",
"constraint#English"
],
[
"possibilities",
"possibility#English"
],
[
"moving",
"move#English"
],
[
"act",
"act#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples",
"lv:Philosophy"
],
"examples": [
{
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],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
7
]
],
"english": "freedom and necessity",
"text": "brīvība un nepieciešamība",
"translation": "freedom and necessity",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"freedom (the capacity to realize and express one's will, in accordance with the laws of nature)"
],
"links": [
[
"philosophy",
"philosophy"
],
[
"freedom",
"freedom"
],
[
"capacity",
"capacity#English"
],
[
"realize",
"realize#English"
],
[
"express",
"express#English"
],
[
"will",
"will#English"
],
[
"accordance",
"accordance#English"
],
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"nature",
"nature#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(philosophy) freedom (the capacity to realize and express one's will, in accordance with the laws of nature)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "dated terms",
"tags": [
"poetic"
],
"word": "brīve"
},
{
"word": "brīvestība"
},
{
"word": "svabadība"
},
{
"word": "neatkarība"
},
{
"word": "patstāvība"
},
{
"word": "vaļa"
}
],
"word": "brīvība"
}
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