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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "product recall",
"word": "takaisinkutsu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "product recall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rückrufaktion"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "product recall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rückruf"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "product recall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "richiamo"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "product recall",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tilbakekalling"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "product recall",
"word": "hatalı ürünü geri isteme"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "function pointer passed to another function",
"word": "takaisinkutsufunktio"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "function pointer passed to another function",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fonction de rappel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "function pointer passed to another function",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rückruffunktion"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "function pointer passed to another function",
"word": "callback"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "function pointer passed to another function",
"word": "مهیال"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "function pointer passed to another function",
"word": "فراهمال"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "function pointer passed to another function",
"word": "bildir"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "function pointer passed to another function",
"word": "geri ara"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"callback"
],
"word": "callback"
}
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