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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlaɪsəns/ Audio: en-us-license.ogg Forms: licenses [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪsəns Etymology: From Middle English licence, licens, lisence, lissens, licance, from Old French licence, from Latin licentia (“license”), from licens, present participle of licere (“to be allowed, be allowable”); compare linquere, Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|licence}} Middle English licence, {{der|en|fro|licence}} Old French licence, {{der|en|la|licentia||license}} Latin licentia (“license”), {{cog|grc|λείπω||leave}} Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} license (countable and uncountable, plural licenses)
  1. A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Translations (legal document giving official permission to do something): liçensë [feminine] (Albanian), رُخْصَة (ruḵṣa) [feminine] (Arabic), رخصة (ruḵṣa) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), լիցենզիա (licʻenzia) (Armenian), ܡܲܦܣܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ (mapsānūtā) [feminine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), lisenziya (Azerbaijani), ліцэ́нзія (licénzija) [feminine] (Belarusian), дазво́л (dazvól) [masculine] (Belarusian), লাইসেন্স (laiśenśo) (Bengali), এজাজতনামা (ejajotnama) (Bengali), разрешително (razrešitelno) [neuter] (Bulgarian), လိုင်စင် (luingcang) (Burmese), llicència [feminine] (Catalan), permís [masculine] (Catalan), 許可證 /许可证 (xǔkězhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲁⲣⲣⲱⲕⲥⲉ (arrōkse) [feminine] (Coptic), licence [feminine] (Czech), tilladelse (english: permission) [common-gender] (Danish), licens [common-gender] (Danish), vergunning [feminine] (Dutch), permesilo (Esperanto), litsents (Estonian), luba (Estonian), lupakirja (Finnish), -kortti (Finnish), valtakirja [general] (Finnish), ajokortti (english: driver's license) (Finnish), licence [feminine] (French), licenza [feminine] (Galician), permiso [masculine] (Galician), ლიცენზია (licenzia) (Georgian), Lizenz [feminine] (German), Erlaubnis [feminine] (German), Genehmigung [feminine] (German), Schein [masculine] (German), άδεια (ádeia) [feminine] (Greek), palapala ʻae (Hawaiian), רִשָּׁיוֹן (rishayón) [masculine] (Hebrew), लाइसेंस (lāisẽs) [masculine] (Hindi), अनुज्ञा (anujñā) (Hindi), engedély (Hungarian), licenc (Hungarian), leyfi [neuter] (Icelandic), lisensi (Indonesian), ceadúnas [masculine] (Irish), licenza [feminine] (Italian), permesso [masculine] (Italian), ライセンス (raisensu) (Japanese), 免許 (menkyo) (alt: めんきょ) (Japanese), лицензия (lisenziä) (Kazakh), អាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណ (ʼaacñaaban) (Khmer), ពែរមី (pɛɛmii) (Khmer), 면허증 (myeonheojeung) (alt: 免許證) (Korean), лицензия (litsenziya) (Kyrgyz), ອະນຸຍາດ (ʼa nu nyāt) (Lao), licence [feminine] (Latvian), licencija [feminine] (Lithuanian), лиценца (licenca) [feminine] (Macedonian), lesen (Malay), raihana (Maori), үнэмлэх (ünemlex) (Mongolian), lisens [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tillatelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), تذكره (tezkere) (Ottoman Turkish), برات (berât) (Ottoman Turkish), لیسانس (lisâns) (Persian), پروانه (parvâne) (Persian), رخصت (roxsat) (Persian), licencja [feminine] (Polish), pozwolenie [neuter] (Polish), alvará [feminine] (Portuguese), licença [feminine] (Portuguese), licență [feminine] (Romanian), лице́нзия (licénzija) [feminine] (Russian), удостовере́ние (udostoverénije) [neuter] (Russian), разреше́ние (razrešénije) [neuter] (Russian), лѝце̄нца [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), lìcēnca [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), licencia [feminine] (Slovak), licenca [feminine] (Slovene), licencia [feminine] (Spanish), permiso [masculine] (Spanish), licens [common-gender] (Swedish), tillstånd (english: permission) [neuter] (Swedish), tillståndshandling (english: document) [common-gender] (Swedish), литсензия (litsenziya) (Tajik), парвона (parvona) (Tajik), рухсат (ruxsat) (Tajik), อนุญาต (à-nú-yâat) (Thai), ruhsat (Turkish), lisans (Turkish), lisenziýa (Turkmen), rugsat (Turkmen), ліце́нзія (licénzija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), до́звіл (dózvil) [masculine] (Ukrainian), لائسنس (lāisens) [masculine] (Urdu), litsenziya (Uzbek), ruxsat (Uzbek), parvona (Uzbek), giấy phép (alt: 法紙) (Vietnamese), bằng (alt: ) (Vietnamese), trwydded [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Translations (legal terms of product usage): رُخْصَة (ruḵṣa) [feminine] (Arabic), lisenziya (Azerbaijani), лице́нз (licénz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 執照 /执照 (zhízhào) (Chinese Mandarin), licence [feminine] (Czech), licentie [feminine] (Dutch), vergunning [feminine] (Dutch), permesilo (Esperanto), lisenssi (Finnish), licence [feminine] (French), licenza [feminine] (Galician), Lizenz [feminine] (German), άδεια (ádeia) [feminine] (Greek), engedély (Hungarian), licenza [feminine] (Italian), 免許 (menkyo) (alt: めんきょ) (Japanese), ライセンス (raisensu) (Japanese), 면허 (myeonheo) (alt: 免許) (Korean), 라이선스 (raiseonseu) (Korean), 라이센스 (raisenseu) (Korean), raihana (Maori), لیسانس (lisâns) (Persian), licencja [feminine] (Polish), licença [feminine] (Portuguese), лице́нзия (licénzija) [feminine] (Russian), licencia [feminine] (Spanish), licens (Swedish), lisans (Turkish), ліце́нзія (licénzija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  3. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech). Tags: US, countable, uncountable Translations (freedom to deviate from rules): llicència [feminine] (Catalan), vergunning [feminine] (Dutch), vapaus (Finnish), licenza [feminine] (Galician), szabadság (Hungarian), licentia [feminine] (Latin), swawola [feminine] (Polish), licença [feminine] (Portuguese), licencia [feminine] (Spanish)
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  4. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Translations (excessive freedom): своеволие (svoevolie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), свободия (svobodija) (Bulgarian), llicència [feminine] (Catalan), bandeloosheid [feminine] (Dutch), vastuuttomuus (Finnish), szabadosság (Hungarian), kicsapongás (Hungarian), 放縦 (hōjū) (Japanese), やりたい放題 (yaritai hōdai) (Japanese), swawola [feminine] (Polish), licencia [feminine] (Spanish), permisividad (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-license-en-noun-WMugWTTD Disambiguation of 'excessive freedom': 0 0 19 80 0
  5. Short for driver's license. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: driver's license
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: licence [Commonwealth, noun] Related terms: licensure, licentious

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈlaɪsəns/ Audio: en-us-license.ogg Forms: licenses [present, singular, third-person], licensing [participle, present], licensed [participle, past], licensed [past]
Rhymes: -aɪsəns Etymology: From Middle English licencen, licensen, lisensen, licent, from Old French licencer, licencier, licenciier, licenser, from Medieval Latin licentiō (cf. English licentiate). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|licencen}} Middle English licencen, {{der|en|fro|licencer}} Old French licencer, {{der|en|ML.|licentiō}} Medieval Latin licentiō Head templates: {{en-verb}} license (third-person singular simple present licenses, present participle licensing, simple past and past participle licensed)
  1. To authorize officially. Translations (to authorize officially): toelaten (Dutch), licentiëren (Dutch), vergunnen toekennen (Dutch), valtuuttaa (Finnish), lizenzieren (German), αδειοδοτώ (adeiodotó) (Greek), δίνω άδεια (díno ádeia) (Greek), engedélyez (Hungarian), raihana (Maori), licenciar (Spanish), licensiera (Swedish), ge tillstånd) (use: ge ngn. tillstånd att göra ngt.) (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-license-en-verb-OLKvuz5Y Disambiguation of 'to authorize officially': 94 1 2 0 3
  2. (transitive) (applied to a piece of intellectual property)
    To give formal authorization to use.
    Tags: transitive Translations (to give formal authorization to use): licentiëren (Dutch), vergunnen toekennen (Dutch), lisensioida (Finnish), valtuuttaa (Finnish), lizenzieren (German), licencel (Hungarian), raihana (Maori), licenciar (Spanish), licensiera (Swedish), ge tillstånd) (use: ge ngn. tillstånd att göra ngt.) (Swedish), trwyddedu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-license-en-verb-AGGeR3QJ Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 10 7 3 19 4 10 18 12 8 Disambiguation of 'to give formal authorization to use': 0 79 14 5 2
  3. (transitive) (applied to a piece of intellectual property)
    To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation.
    Tags: transitive Translations (to acquire authorization to use): subscribir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-license-en-verb-6F~hjvhM Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 3 7 3 26 4 5 38 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 13 8 4 24 5 7 21 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 10 7 3 19 4 10 18 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 19 9 2 18 2 9 14 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 3 13 7 3 24 5 6 22 8 8 Disambiguation of 'to acquire authorization to use': 1 39 59 1 1
  4. (transitive) To give permission or freedom to; accept. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-license-en-verb-9tm7VcPf Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 10 7 3 19 4 10 18 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 19 9 2 18 2 9 14 10 8
  5. (linguistics, transitive) To permit (as grammatically correct). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-license-en-verb-ViuZxphq Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: licence [Commonwealth, noun] Derived forms: licensee, licensor, sublicense, crosslicense, delicense, licensable, licenser, relicense, unlicense
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "artistic license"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bare license"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "beginner's license"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "BSD license"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clickwrap license"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "crayon license"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "driver's license"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "driving license"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "end user license agreement"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "high license"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "learner's license"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "license fee"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "license laundering"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "licenseless"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "licenselike"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "license plate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "license to print money"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "licensure"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "licentiously"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "licentiousness"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "MIT license"
    },
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      "word": "multilicense"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "multi-license"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "naked license"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "off-license"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "perpetual license"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "poetic license"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "provisional license"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "public license"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shrinkwrap license"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shrink-wrap license"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sub-license"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vanity license plate"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "licensee"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "licensor"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sublicense"
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            "1": "afb",
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          "expansion": "→ Gulf Arabic: ليسن (lēsin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gulf Arabic: ليسن (lēsin)"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "4": "leave"
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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    }
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    }
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "رُخْصَة"
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          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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        {
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          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "licʻenzia",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "լիցենզիա"
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        {
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          "code": "aii",
          "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
          "roman": "mapsānūtā",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ܡܲܦܣܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "lisenziya"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "licénzija",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
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        {
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          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "লাইসেন্স"
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        {
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          "code": "bn",
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          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "এজাজতনামা"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razrešitelno",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
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            "neuter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "luingcang",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "လိုင်စင်"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "llicència"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "permís"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xǔkězhèng",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "許可證 /许可证"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "cop",
          "lang": "Coptic",
          "roman": "arrōkse",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ⲁⲣⲣⲱⲕⲥⲉ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "licence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "english": "permission",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "tilladelse"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "licens"
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          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "vergunning"
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        {
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          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "permesilo"
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        {
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "litsents"
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          "code": "et",
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          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "luba"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "lupakirja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "-kortti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "general"
          ],
          "word": "valtakirja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "driver's license",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "ajokortti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "licence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "licenza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "permiso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "licenzia",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "ლიცენზია"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Lizenz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Erlaubnis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Genehmigung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ádeia",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "άδεια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "palapala ʻae"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "rishayón",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "רִשָּׁיוֹן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "lāisẽs",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "लाइसेंस"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "anujñā",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "अनुज्ञा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "engedély"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "licenc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "leyfi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "lisensi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ceadúnas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "licenza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "permesso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "raisensu",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "ライセンス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "alt": "めんきょ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "menkyo",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "免許"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "lisenziä",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "лицензия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼaacñaaban",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "អាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "pɛɛmii",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "ពែរមី"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "alt": "免許證",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "myeonheojeung",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "면허증"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "litsenziya",
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          "word": "лицензия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ʼa nu nyāt",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "ອະນຸຍາດ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "licence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "licencija"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "licenca",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "лиценца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "lesen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "raihana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ünemlex",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "үнэмлэх"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lisens"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "tillatelse"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "tezkere",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "تذكره"
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        {
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "berât",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "برات"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "lisâns",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "لیسانس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "parvâne",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "پروانه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "roxsat",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "word": "رخصت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "licencja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pozwolenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alvará"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "licença"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "licență"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "licénzija",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "лице́нзия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udostoverénije",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "удостовере́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razrešénije",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "разреше́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "лѝце̄нца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lìcēnca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "licencia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "licenca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "licencia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "permiso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 13 1 0 0",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رُخْصَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ruḵṣa",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رخصة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "licʻenzia",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "լիցենզիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "mapsānūtā",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܡܲܦܣܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "lisenziya"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "licénzija",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ліцэ́нзія"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dazvól",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дазво́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "laiśenśo",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "লাইসেন্স"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ejajotnama",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "এজাজতনামা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razrešitelno",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разрешително"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "luingcang",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "လိုင်စင်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llicència"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "permís"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xǔkězhèng",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "許可證 /许可证"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "arrōkse",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ⲁⲣⲣⲱⲕⲥⲉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licence"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "english": "permission",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tilladelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "licens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vergunning"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "permesilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "litsents"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "luba"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "lupakirja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "-kortti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "valtakirja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "driver's license",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "ajokortti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licence"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "permiso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "licenzia",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "ლიცენზია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lizenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erlaubnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Genehmigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schein"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ádeia",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "άδεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "palapala ʻae"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rishayón",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "רִשָּׁיוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lāisẽs",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "लाइसेंस"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "anujñā",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "अनुज्ञा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "engedély"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "licenc"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "leyfi"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "lisensi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceadúnas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "permesso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "raisensu",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "ライセンス"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めんきょ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "menkyo",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "免許"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "lisenziä",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "лицензия"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaacñaaban",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "អាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pɛɛmii",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "ពែរមី"
    },
    {
      "alt": "免許證",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "myeonheojeung",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "면허증"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "litsenziya",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "лицензия"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼa nu nyāt",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "ອະນຸຍາດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licence"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licencija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "licenca",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лиценца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "lesen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "raihana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ünemlex",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "үнэмлэх"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lisens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tillatelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "tezkere",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "تذكره"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "berât",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "برات"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lisâns",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "لیسانس"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "parvâne",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "پروانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "roxsat",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "رخصت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licencja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pozwolenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alvará"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licença"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licență"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "licénzija",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лице́нзия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udostoverénije",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "удостовере́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razrešénije",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разреше́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лѝце̄нца"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lìcēnca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licenca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "permiso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "licens"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "permission",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tillstånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "document",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tillståndshandling"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "litsenziya",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "литсензия"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "parvona",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "парвона"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ruxsat",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "рухсат"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "à-nú-yâat",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "อนุญาต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "ruhsat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "lisans"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "lisenziýa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "rugsat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "licénzija",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ліце́нзія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dózvil",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́звіл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "lāisens",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لائسنس"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "litsenziya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "ruxsat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "parvona"
    },
    {
      "alt": "法紙",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "giấy phép"
    },
    {
      "alt": "憑",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "word": "bằng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "legal document giving official permission to do something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trwydded"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ruḵṣa",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رُخْصَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "lisenziya"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "licénz",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лице́нз"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhízhào",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "執照 /执照"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licence"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licentie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vergunning"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "permesilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "lisenssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licence"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lizenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ádeia",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "άδεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "engedély"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licenza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めんきょ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "menkyo",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "免許"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "raisensu",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "ライセンス"
    },
    {
      "alt": "免許",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "myeonheo",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "면허"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "raiseonseu",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "라이선스"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "raisenseu",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "라이센스"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "raihana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lisâns",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "لیسانس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licencja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licença"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "licénzija",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лице́нзия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "licens"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "word": "lisans"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "licénzija",
      "sense": "legal terms of product usage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ліце́нзія"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "freedom to deviate from rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llicència"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "freedom to deviate from rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vergunning"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "freedom to deviate from rules",
      "word": "vapaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "freedom to deviate from rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "freedom to deviate from rules",
      "word": "szabadság"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "freedom to deviate from rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "freedom to deviate from rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "swawola"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "freedom to deviate from rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licença"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "freedom to deviate from rules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svoevolie",
      "sense": "excessive freedom",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "своеволие"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svobodija",
      "sense": "excessive freedom",
      "word": "свободия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "excessive freedom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llicència"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "excessive freedom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bandeloosheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excessive freedom",
      "word": "vastuuttomuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "excessive freedom",
      "word": "szabadosság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "excessive freedom",
      "word": "kicsapongás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōjū",
      "sense": "excessive freedom",
      "word": "放縦"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yaritai hōdai",
      "sense": "excessive freedom",
      "word": "やりたい放題"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "excessive freedom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "swawola"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessive freedom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "licencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessive freedom",
      "word": "permisividad"
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    "license"
  ],
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}

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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "crosslicense"
    },
    {
      "word": "delicense"
    },
    {
      "word": "licensable"
    },
    {
      "word": "licensee"
    },
    {
      "word": "licenser"
    },
    {
      "word": "licensor"
    },
    {
      "word": "relicense"
    },
    {
      "word": "sublicense"
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    {
      "word": "unlicense"
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "licencen"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "licencer"
      },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "licentiō"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin licentiō",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English licencen, licensen, lisensen, licent, from Old French licencer, licencier, licenciier, licenser, from Medieval Latin licentiō (cf. English licentiate).",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "licensing",
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    {
      "form": "licensed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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    }
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        {
          "text": "I am licensed to practice law in this state.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To authorize officially."
      ],
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          "authorize",
          "authorize"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:",
          "text": "The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "(applied to a piece of intellectual property)",
        "To give formal authorization to use."
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          "intellectual property",
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          "authorization",
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        "(transitive) (applied to a piece of intellectual property)",
        "To give formal authorization to use."
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      ]
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        {
          "text": "The filmmakers licensed several iconic 80's songs for the soundtrack.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, International Journal of Micrographics & Optical Technology:",
          "text": "As part of the strategic relationship, Microsoft has licensed the image segmentation, compression and viewing technology from ScanSoft.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Steve Swayne, How Sondheim Found His Sound:",
          "text": "They changed their campaign, licensed the song and used it for over six years in all of their advertising.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Intruders there were in Harley Street, of whom it was not aware; but Mr and Mrs Merdle it delighted to honour. Society was aware of Mr and Mrs Merdle. Society had said ‘Let us license them; let us know them.’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To give permission or freedom to; accept."
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        "(transitive) To give permission or freedom to; accept."
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          "text": "No English adverbs have mandatory complements, and most don't even license optional ones.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Hagit Borer, Parametric Syntax: Case Studies in Semitic and Romance Languages:",
          "text": "Kayne argues that the crucial fact which licenses preposition stranding in English but not in French is the fact that in English verbs and prepositions assign Case similarly, and hence they govern similarly.",
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        }
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        "To permit (as grammatically correct)."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics, transitive) To permit (as grammatically correct)."
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-aɪsəns"
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  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Commonwealth",
        "noun"
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      "word": "licence"
    }
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to authorize officially",
      "word": "toelaten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to authorize officially",
      "word": "licentiëren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to authorize officially",
      "word": "vergunnen toekennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to authorize officially",
      "word": "valtuuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to authorize officially",
      "word": "lizenzieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adeiodotó",
      "sense": "to authorize officially",
      "word": "αδειοδοτώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "díno ádeia",
      "sense": "to authorize officially",
      "word": "δίνω άδεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to authorize officially",
      "word": "engedélyez"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to authorize officially",
      "word": "raihana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to authorize officially",
      "word": "licenciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to authorize officially",
      "word": "licensiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "roman": "use: ge ngn. tillstånd att göra ngt.",
      "sense": "to authorize officially",
      "word": "ge tillstånd)"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give formal authorization to use",
      "word": "licentiëren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give formal authorization to use",
      "word": "vergunnen toekennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give formal authorization to use",
      "word": "lisensioida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give formal authorization to use",
      "word": "valtuuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give formal authorization to use",
      "word": "lizenzieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give formal authorization to use",
      "word": "licencel"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to give formal authorization to use",
      "word": "raihana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give formal authorization to use",
      "word": "licenciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to give formal authorization to use",
      "word": "licensiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "roman": "use: ge ngn. tillstånd att göra ngt.",
      "sense": "to give formal authorization to use",
      "word": "ge tillstånd)"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to give formal authorization to use",
      "word": "trwyddedu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to acquire authorization to use",
      "word": "subscribir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "license"
}

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