See define on Wiktionary
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"défini" }, "expansion": "Borrowed from French défini", "name": "bor+" } ], "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French défini, past participle of définir.", "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "define", "name": "tr-adj" } ], "hyphenation": [ "de‧fi‧ne" ], "lang": "Turkish", "lang_code": "tr", "pos": "adj", "related": [ { "word": "definisyon" }, { "word": "definitif" }, { "word": "dömifinal" }, { "word": "final" }, { "word": "finalist" }, { "word": "finalite" }, { "word": "finalize" }, { "word": "finans" }, { "word": "finansal" }, { "word": "finansman" }, { "word": "finansör" }, { "word": "finiş" }, { "word": "fino" }, { "word": "prefinansman" }, { "word": "rafine" }, { "word": "rafineri" }, { "word": "röfinansman" }, { "word": "semifinal" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Turkish terms with usage examples", "tr:Bodybuilding" ], "examples": [ { "english": "a defined body", "text": "define vücut", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "defined" ], "links": [ [ "bodybuilding", "bodybuilding#Noun" ], [ "defined", "defined" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(bodybuilding) defined" ], "topics": [ "bodybuilding", "hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/de.fiˈne/" } ], "word": "define" }
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