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"word": "alustaa"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "archikopoió",
"sense": "to format a storage medium prior to use",
"word": "αρχικοποιώ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to format a storage medium prior to use",
"word": "formata"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to format a storage medium prior to use",
"word": "inițializa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "inicializírovatʹ",
"sense": "to format a storage medium prior to use",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "инициализи́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to prepare any hardware for use",
"word": "inicialitzar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to prepare any hardware for use",
"word": "alustaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prepare any hardware for use",
"word": "initialisieren"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to prepare any hardware for use",
"word": "arawhiti"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nastráivatʹ",
"sense": "to prepare any hardware for use",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "настра́ивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nastróitʹ",
"sense": "to prepare any hardware for use",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "настро́ить"
}
],
"word": "initialize"
}
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