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"2": "epidemic"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "epi- (“over, on top”) + centre, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”).\nSense of “center of an activity (particularly a disaster)” (1908) by generalization from earthquakes, possibly influenced by epidemic.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "epicentres",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "epicentring",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "epicentred",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "epicentred",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1916, Canal Record, volume 9, page 28",
"text": "The records of disturbances epicentering closer to the station, notably those of 1914 in Los Santos Province of the Republic of Panama, about 120 miles from Balboa Heights, have usually been less satisfactory than this record […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of an earthquake: to have its epicentre (at a specified location)."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛpɪˌsɛntɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-epicentre.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/En-us-epicentre.ogg/En-us-epicentre.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/En-us-epicentre.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "En-uk-epicentre.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/En-uk-epicentre.ogg/En-uk-epicentre.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/En-uk-epicentre.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "epicenter"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"epicenter"
],
"word": "epicentre"
}
{
"categories": [
"Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Lithuanian non-lemma forms",
"Lithuanian noun forms",
"Lithuanian terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "epicentrè",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "noun form",
"g": "m",
"head": "epicentrè"
},
"expansion": "epicentrè m",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "lt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "epicentras"
}
],
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"locative singular of epicentras"
],
"links": [
[
"epicentras",
"epicentras#Lithuanian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"locative",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɛpʲɪt͡sʲɛnʲtʲˈrʲɛ]",
"note": "epicentrè"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɛpʲɪˈt͡sʲɛnʲtʲrʲɛ]",
"note": "epiceñtre"
}
],
"word": "epicentre"
}
{
"categories": [
"Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Lithuanian non-lemma forms",
"Lithuanian noun forms",
"Lithuanian terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
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{
"form": "epiceñtre",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
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"lang_code": "lt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "epicentras"
}
],
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],
"links": [
[
"epicentras",
"epicentras#Lithuanian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɛpʲɪt͡sʲɛnʲtʲˈrʲɛ]",
"note": "epicentrè"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɛpʲɪˈt͡sʲɛnʲtʲrʲɛ]",
"note": "epiceñtre"
}
],
"word": "epicentre"
}
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