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"1": "en",
"2": "catch",
"3": "all"
},
"expansion": "catch + -all",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "catch + -all",
"forms": [
{
"form": "catch-alls",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "catch-all (plural catch-alls)",
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "catch-allism"
},
{
"word": "catch-all party"
},
{
"word": "catch-all phrase"
},
{
"word": "catch-all term"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "If you're not careful, the entrance table will quickly become a catch-all for things that come in the door."
},
{
"text": "The category was a catch-all for items that were not filed elsewhere."
},
{
"text": "Cancer is a catch-all term that encompasses a wide variety of diseases."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any place or repository where things are placed indiscriminately or without careful thought."
],
"id": "en-catch-all-en-noun-rFAIbhyp",
"links": [
[
"repository",
"repository"
],
[
"indiscriminately",
"indiscriminately"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "catchall"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"alt": "съд",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"word": "за всякакви неща"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "kaikenkattava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "yleinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "catch-all term",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"word": "yleiskäsite"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"word": "attrape-tout"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fourre-tout"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sammelplatz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Auffangbecken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"word": "Sammel-"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sammelbegriff (catchall phrase oder term)"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sammelbecken"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wytrych"
}
]
}
],
"word": "catch-all"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "catch-allism"
},
{
"word": "catch-all party"
},
{
"word": "catch-all phrase"
},
{
"word": "catch-all term"
}
],
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"2": "catch",
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},
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"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "catch + -all",
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{
"form": "catch-alls",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "catch-all (plural catch-alls)",
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}
],
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"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English exocentric verb-noun compounds",
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"English nouns",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "If you're not careful, the entrance table will quickly become a catch-all for things that come in the door."
},
{
"text": "The category was a catch-all for items that were not filed elsewhere."
},
{
"text": "Cancer is a catch-all term that encompasses a wide variety of diseases."
}
],
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"Any place or repository where things are placed indiscriminately or without careful thought."
],
"links": [
[
"repository",
"repository"
],
[
"indiscriminately",
"indiscriminately"
]
]
}
],
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{
"word": "catchall"
}
],
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"alt": "съд",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"word": "за всякакви неща"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "kaikenkattava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "yleinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "catch-all term",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"word": "yleiskäsite"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"word": "attrape-tout"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fourre-tout"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sammelplatz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Auffangbecken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"word": "Sammel-"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sammelbegriff (catchall phrase oder term)"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sammelbecken"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wytrych"
}
],
"word": "catch-all"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": (sǎd) za vsjakakvi nešta vs. съд",
"path": [
"catch-all"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "catch-all",
"trace": ""
}
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