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{
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"word": "contest shape"
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"word": "cutting contest"
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"word": "dick-measuring contest"
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"word": "dick-waving contest"
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{
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"word": "fashion contest"
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"word": "no contest"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "pissing contest"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "popularity contest"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "staring contest"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "swearing contest"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "talent contest"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "wet t-shirt contest"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "will contest"
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"text": "no contest",
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"Controversy; debate."
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"(uncountable) Controversy; debate."
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"word": "爭論"
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"roman": "carcanīyāṁśamu",
"sense": "controversy",
"word": "చర్చనీయాంశము"
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"roman": "superéčka",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"Struggle for superiority; combat."
],
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[
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[
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"(uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat."
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{
"word": "fight"
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{
"text": "The child entered the spelling contest.",
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}
],
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"A competition."
],
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"(countable) A competition."
],
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{
"word": "pageant"
}
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "musābaqa",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"lang": "Armenian",
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"word": "մրցույթ"
},
{
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"word": "yarış"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 3 71",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎstezánie",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "състеза́ние"
},
{
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"roman": "kónkurs",
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
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],
"word": "concurs"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "competició"
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"word": "競賽"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìngsài",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"word": "竞赛"
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{
"_dis1": "26 3 71",
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
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{
"_dis1": "26 3 71",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐsài",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"word": "比赛"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "soutěž"
},
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "konkurrence"
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wedstrijd"
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"word": "konkurso"
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "kapping"
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{
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"word": "kilpailu"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "concours"
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "compétition"
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{
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"code": "ka",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "agṓn",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "concorso"
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
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"roman": "konkūru",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"word": "コンクール"
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
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"neuter"
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"word": "tauwhawhai"
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
"code": "no",
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
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"masculine"
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{
"_dis1": "26 3 71",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mosâbeqe",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
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"word": "competición"
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
"code": "sw",
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6"
],
"word": "shindano"
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"_dis1": "26 3 71",
"code": "te",
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"roman": "pōṭīlu",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"word": "పోటీలు"
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"word": "yarışma"
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"word": "yarış"
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"word": "müsabaka"
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"roman": "zmahánnja",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"word": "змага́ння"
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kónkurs",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "26 3 71",
"code": "yi",
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"roman": "farmest",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פֿאַרמעסט"
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{
"_dis1": "26 3 71",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "konkurs",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "קאָנקורס"
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]
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"ipa": "/ˈkɒn.tɛst/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɑn.tɛst/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒntɛst"
}
],
"word": "contest"
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"code": "ca",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "competition — see also competition",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "da",
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"common-gender"
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "fo",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "competition — see also competition",
"word": "შეჯიბრი"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "el",
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"code": "mi",
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"roman": "sǎstezavam se",
"sense": "to contend",
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"sense": "to contend",
"word": "పోటీ చేయు"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zmáhatysja",
"sense": "to contend",
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"sense": "to oppose",
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"sense": "to oppose",
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"lang": "Finnish",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to oppose",
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"sense": "to oppose",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to oppose",
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"sense": "to oppose",
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"sense": "to oppose",
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"code": "te",
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"sense": "to oppose",
"word": "ఎదిరించు"
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