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{
"ref": "2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian",
"text": "In 2016, it was announced that Jones had been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia, a form of dementia that impairs the ability to communicate.",
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}
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"To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on."
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"(transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on."
],
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "намалявам"
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"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "ayosdodi",
"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ"
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{
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "beschadigen"
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "verzwakken"
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "verslechteren"
},
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "haitata"
},
{
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "heikentää"
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "détériorer"
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "abîmer"
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "affaiblir"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "affecter"
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "altérer"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "impacter"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "beeinträchtigen"
},
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "schädigen"
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "beschädigen"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "schwächen"
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "vermindern"
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"word": "verschlechtern"
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "schmälern"
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"code": "got",
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"roman": "marzjan",
"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "domajar"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "whakahauā"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "prejudicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "enfraquecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "diminuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "empiorar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "piorar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "afecta"
},
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "diminua"
},
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "deteriora"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "oslabljátʹ",
"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "ослабля́ть"
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "deteriorar"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "empeorar"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "descomponer"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "mermar"
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "azaltmak"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
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"sense": "have a diminishing effect on",
"word": "zarar vermek"
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"obsolete",
"rare"
],
"word": "empair"
}
],
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}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "pair"
}
],
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{
"word": "fonction impaire"
},
{
"word": "nombre impair"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "loanword",
"2": "Borrowed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "la",
"3": "impār",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Latin impār",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "la",
"3": "impār"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Latin impār",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "in-",
"3": "pair",
"alt1": "im-"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, im- + pair",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin impār. By surface analysis, im- + pair.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "impaire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "impairs",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "impaires",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "impair (feminine impaire, masculine plural impairs, feminine plural impaires)",
"name": "fr-adj"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "pair"
}
],
"categories": [
"French adjectives",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French lemmas",
"French terms borrowed from Latin",
"French terms derived from Latin",
"French terms prefixed with in-",
"French terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "3 is an odd number.",
"text": "3 est un nombre impair.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"odd (of a number)"
],
"links": [
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"odd",
"odd"
]
]
}
],
"word": "impair"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/324",
"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: German: (1) beeinträchtigen (de), schädigen (de) (reputation), beschädigen (de), schwächen (de), vermindern (de), verschlechtern (de), schmälern (de)",
"path": [
"impair"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "impair",
"trace": ""
}
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