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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/ [UK], /ˌdɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/ [US], /dɪf.əˈɹen.ʃi.æɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-differentiate.ogg , en-au-differentiate.ogg Forms: differentiates [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin differentiātus, past participle of differentiō, from Latin differentia (“difference”); see difference. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|differentiātus}} New Latin differentiātus, {{der|en|la|differentia||difference}} Latin differentia (“difference”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} differentiate (plural differentiates)
  1. (geology) Something that has been differentiated or stratified. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-noun-RcEGTyWD Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 12 6 6 7 10 13 7 21 18 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/ [UK], /ˌdɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/ [US], /dɪf.əˈɹen.ʃi.æɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-differentiate.ogg , en-au-differentiate.ogg Forms: differentiates [present, singular, third-person], differentiating [participle, present], differentiated [participle, past], differentiated [past]
Etymology: From New Latin differentiātus, past participle of differentiō, from Latin differentia (“difference”); see difference. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|differentiātus}} New Latin differentiātus, {{der|en|la|differentia||difference}} Latin differentia (“difference”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} differentiate (third-person singular simple present differentiates, present participle differentiating, simple past and past participle differentiated)
  1. (transitive)
    To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
    Tags: transitive Synonyms (to modify): change Translations (to modify, be modified): видоизменям (vidoizmenjam) (Bulgarian), erilaistaa (Finnish), muuttaa (Finnish), erilaistua (Finnish), muuttua (Finnish), różnicować [imperfective] (Polish), zróżnicować [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-QlLyGeEC Disambiguation of 'to modify': 74 2 3 4 4 2 4 7 Disambiguation of 'to modify, be modified': 62 3 5 5 5 4 7 9
  2. (transitive)
    To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
    Tags: transitive Synonyms (to show or be the distinction between things): differentialize Translations (to show or be the distinction): فَرَّقَ (farraqa) (Arabic), disheñvelaat (Breton), различавам се (različavam se) (Bulgarian), rozlišovat [imperfective] (Czech), rozlišit [perfective] (Czech), zich onderscheiden (Dutch), diferencigi (Esperanto), erottua (english: show) (Finnish), erota (english: be) (Finnish), distinguer (French), διαφοροποιώ (diaforopoió) (Greek), megkülönböztet (Hungarian), różnić się [imperfective] (Polish), diferenciar (Spanish), särskilja (Swedish), skiljs åt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-RKGFx7Ck Disambiguation of 'to show or be the distinction between things': 10 49 4 2 2 26 4 3 Disambiguation of 'to show or be the distinction': 28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2
  3. (transitive)
    To recognize as different or distinct.
    Tags: transitive Translations (biology: to produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions): differentiëren (Dutch), erilaistua (Finnish), diferenciar (Ido), 分化する (bunka suru) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-Sb1ioJUJ Disambiguation of 'biology: to produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions': 7 4 47 5 5 2 10 20
  4. (transitive)
    (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (math: to calculate the derivative): диференцирам (diferenciram) (Bulgarian), derivovat (Czech), afleiden (Dutch), derivoida (Finnish), dériver (French), ableiten (German), whiriwhiri i te pārōnaki (Maori), różniczkować [imperfective] (Polish), derivar (Portuguese), deriva (Romanian), дифференци́ровать (differencírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), derivera (Swedish), partialderivera (english: calculate a partial derivative) (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-qxve1BXW Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'math: to calculate the derivative': 1 2 2 48 32 3 7 4
  5. (transitive)
    (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (math: to calculate the differential): диференцирам (diferenciram) (Bulgarian), differentiëren (Dutch), differentioida (Finnish), différencier (French), differenzieren (German), diferencialigar (Ido), różniczkować [imperfective] (Polish), diferenciar (Portuguese), diferenția (Romanian), дифференци́ровать (differencírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), differentiera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-OWr9y5U8 Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 12 6 6 7 10 13 7 21 18 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'math: to calculate the differential': 2 2 5 28 44 3 9 7
  6. (intransitive)
    To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
    Tags: intransitive Synonyms (to perceive the difference between things): differentialize Translations (to perceive the difference): فَرَّقَ (farraqa) (Arabic), отличавам се (otličavam se) (Bulgarian), разграничавам се (razgraničavam se) (Bulgarian), rozlišovat (Czech), onderscheiden (Dutch), differentiëren (Dutch), discrimineren (Dutch), erottaa (Finnish), distinguer (French), differenzieren (German), unterscheiden (German), diskriminieren (German), διαφοροποιώ (diaforopoió) (Greek), הבדיל (hivdíl) (Hebrew), differenciál (Hungarian), különbséget tesz (Hungarian), odróżniać [imperfective] (Polish), odróżnić [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-Ixde1o1Q Disambiguation of 'to perceive the difference between things': 2 16 1 1 2 74 3 2 Disambiguation of 'to perceive the difference': 6 12 2 1 2 71 2 4
  7. (intransitive)
    (education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
    Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Education, Calculus Translations (education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students): differenciál (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-xzogpabg Disambiguation of Calculus: 5 2 2 2 18 20 2 38 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 2 4 3 7 16 5 36 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 6 7 6 7 13 7 29 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 4 4 4 7 11 4 41 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 3 4 3 4 16 4 40 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 10 4 6 5 9 14 7 27 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 9 5 6 6 7 14 8 31 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 5 6 6 7 14 8 31 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 10 5 5 6 8 13 8 26 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 6 8 7 9 13 9 26 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 9 5 7 5 8 14 8 31 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 5 6 6 7 14 8 30 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 6 8 6 8 13 8 28 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 5 7 6 7 14 8 30 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 12 6 6 7 10 13 7 21 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 9 5 6 6 7 13 9 30 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 5 5 6 9 14 6 25 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 9 4 7 5 8 15 7 32 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 5 7 5 8 14 8 30 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 10 5 6 6 7 14 8 30 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 9 6 7 7 8 13 8 25 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 4 7 5 9 15 9 33 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 5 6 6 7 14 8 30 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 5 7 5 8 14 8 30 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 5 7 6 8 13 7 31 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 5 6 6 7 14 8 31 13 Topics: education Disambiguation of 'education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students': 1 1 6 2 6 2 78 5
  8. (transitive, intransitive, often in the passive voice, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Biology Synonyms: specialize
    Sense id: en-differentiate-en-verb-i-25dEzg Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 12 6 6 7 10 13 7 21 18 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tell apart, transform, alter, differentiate, differentialize (rare) ?, distinguish, individualize, particularize, severalize Related terms: differ, difference, different, differential, tell apart

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to show the distinction between things”",
      "word": "equate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to perceive the difference between things”",
      "word": "mix up"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to perceive the difference between things”",
      "word": "muddle up"
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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to modify”",
      "word": "leave alone"
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        {
          "ref": "1873, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue, second edition, page 128:",
          "text": "A humble instance of Ablaut may be quoted which took place in the seventeenth century, when the word then was differentiated into the two forms then and than.",
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        "To modify so as to create a difference or distinction."
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          "_dis1": "74 2 3 4 4 2 4 7",
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          "word": "change"
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          "_dis1": "62 3 5 5 5 4 7 9",
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          "roman": "vidoizmenjam",
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          "word": "видоизменям"
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          "_dis1": "62 3 5 5 5 4 7 9",
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          "sense": "to modify, be modified",
          "word": "erilaistaa"
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          "_dis1": "62 3 5 5 5 4 7 9",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to modify, be modified",
          "word": "muuttaa"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to modify, be modified",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "różnicować"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 3 5 5 5 4 7 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to modify, be modified",
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        {
          "text": "What differentiates an alligator from a crocodile?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, W. Ross Winterowd, The English Department: A Personal and Institutional History, Southern Illinois University Press, →ISBN, page 66:",
          "text": "Taste differentiates a gentleman—for instance, Mr. Addison—from a Hottentot or Laplander.",
          "type": "quote"
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      "glosses": [
        "To show or be the difference or distinction between things."
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        [
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To show or be the difference or distinction between things."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "10 49 4 2 2 26 4 3",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction between things",
          "word": "differentialize"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "farraqa",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "word": "فَرَّقَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "word": "disheñvelaat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "različavam se",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "word": "различавам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "rozlišovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rozlišit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "word": "zich onderscheiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "word": "diferencigi"
        },
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          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "show",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "word": "erottua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "be",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "word": "erota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "word": "distinguer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diaforopoió",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "word": "διαφοροποιώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "word": "megkülönböztet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "różnić się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "word": "diferenciar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "word": "särskilja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 56 10 0 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to show or be the distinction",
          "word": "skiljs åt"
        }
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      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "conflate"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "How do you differentiate a fake smile from a genuine one?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1908, Edward Harper Parker, Ancient China Simplified, London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., →OCLC, page ix:",
          "text": "In the earlier chapters uncouth proper names are reduced to a minimum, but the Index refers by name to specific places and persons only generally mentioned in the earlier pages. For instance, the states of Lu and Chêng on pages 22 and 29 : it is hard enough to differentiate Ts‘i, Tsin, Ts‘in, and Ts‘u at the outstart, without crowding the memory with fresh names until the necessity for it absolutely arises.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "The mass of the rich and poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To recognize as different or distinct."
      ],
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        [
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        [
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          "distinct"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To recognize as different or distinct."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 4 47 5 5 2 10 20",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "biology: to produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions",
          "word": "differentiëren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 4 47 5 5 2 10 20",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "biology: to produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions",
          "word": "erilaistua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 4 47 5 5 2 10 20",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "biology: to produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions",
          "word": "diferenciar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 4 47 5 5 2 10 20",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bunka suru",
          "sense": "biology: to produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions",
          "word": "分化する"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "en:Mathematics",
          "parents": [
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            "Sciences",
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        "To calculate the derivative of a function."
      ],
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        ],
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          "derivative"
        ],
        [
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          "function"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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      "topics": [
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to perceive the difference",
      "word": "differentiëren"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to perceive the difference",
      "word": "discrimineren"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to perceive the difference",
      "word": "erottaa"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to perceive the difference",
      "word": "distinguer"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perceive the difference",
      "word": "differenzieren"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perceive the difference",
      "word": "unterscheiden"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perceive the difference",
      "word": "diskriminieren"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diaforopoió",
      "sense": "to perceive the difference",
      "word": "διαφοροποιώ"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hivdíl",
      "sense": "to perceive the difference",
      "word": "הבדיל"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to perceive the difference",
      "word": "differenciál"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to perceive the difference",
      "word": "különbséget tesz"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to perceive the difference",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "odróżniać"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to perceive the difference",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "odróżnić"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vidoizmenjam",
      "sense": "to modify, be modified",
      "word": "видоизменям"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to modify, be modified",
      "word": "erilaistaa"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to modify, be modified",
      "word": "muuttaa"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to modify, be modified",
      "word": "erilaistua"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to modify, be modified",
      "word": "muuttua"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to modify, be modified",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to modify, be modified",
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      "word": "zróżnicować"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "diferenciram",
      "sense": "math: to calculate the derivative",
      "word": "диференцирам"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "math: to calculate the derivative",
      "word": "derivovat"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "math: to calculate the derivative",
      "word": "afleiden"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "math: to calculate the derivative",
      "word": "derivoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "math: to calculate the derivative",
      "word": "dériver"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "math: to calculate the derivative",
      "word": "ableiten"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "math: to calculate the derivative",
      "word": "whiriwhiri i te pārōnaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "math: to calculate the derivative",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "różniczkować"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "math: to calculate the derivative",
      "word": "derivar"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "math: to calculate the derivative",
      "word": "deriva"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "differencírovatʹ",
      "sense": "math: to calculate the derivative",
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        "perfective"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "math: to calculate the derivative",
      "word": "derivera"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "math: to calculate the derivative",
      "word": "partialderivera"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "math: to calculate the differential",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "math: to calculate the differential",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "io",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "分化する"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students",
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