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"sense": "an act of commencing or beginning",
"word": "atinga"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "an act of commencing or beginning",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Aunfank"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an act of commencing or beginning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "começo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an act of commencing or beginning",
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],
"word": "início"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "načálo",
"sense": "an act of commencing or beginning",
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],
"word": "нача́ло"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "āda",
"sense": "an act of commencing or beginning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "आद"
},
{
"code": "sa",
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"roman": "ārambha",
"sense": "an act of commencing or beginning",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "आरम्भ"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "inicio"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"word": "incoación"
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],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "day degrees are conferred",
"word": "valmistumispäivä"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "day degrees are conferred",
"word": "wisuda"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "day degrees are conferred",
"word": "konvokesyen"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "day degrees are conferred",
"word": "hari konvo"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "graduation ceremony",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "afsluitceremonie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "graduation ceremony",
"word": "valmistujaisseremonia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "graduation ceremony",
"word": "promootio"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "id",
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{
"code": "ms",
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},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "graduation ceremony",
"word": "istiadat konvokesyen"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "graduation ceremony",
"word": "upacara konvokesyen"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "graduation ceremony",
"word": "majlis penyampaian ijazah"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "graduation ceremony",
"word": "majlis graduasi"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "graduation ceremony",
"word": "畢業典禮"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Mandarin",
"roman": "bìyè diǎnlǐ",
"sense": "graduation ceremony",
"word": "毕业典礼"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "graduation ceremony",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "formatura"
}
],
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