"lead-in" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from lead in.",
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      "form": "lead-ins",
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          "text": "After the long lead-in, the climax of the story was a disappointment.",
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        "An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something."
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          "introduction",
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          "leads",
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "sense": "introduction",
          "word": "preface"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎvedenie",
          "sense": "introduction",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "въведение"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "introduction",
          "word": "johdanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "introduction",
          "word": "felvezetés"
        }
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        "A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents."
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          "data",
          "data"
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          "compact disc",
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          "table of contents",
          "table of contents"
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mass media",
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            "Media",
            "Society",
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        "A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph."
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          "journalism",
          "journalism"
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          "photograph",
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        "(journalism) A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 10 85",
          "sense": "phrase at start of caption",
          "word": "kicker"
        }
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        "journalism",
        "media"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "prologue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "foreword"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lead-in"
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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from lead in.",
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        "plural"
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      ],
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      ],
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          "introduction",
          "introduction"
        ],
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          "leads",
          "leads"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents."
      ],
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      ],
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      "sense": "introduction",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "foreword"
    },
    {
      "sense": "phrase at start of caption",
      "word": "kicker"
    }
  ],
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎvedenie",
      "sense": "introduction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "въведение"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "introduction",
      "word": "johdanto"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "introduction",
      "word": "felvezetés"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lead-in"
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