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"(uncountable) The act of tying or binding something."
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"word": "sitominen"
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"word": "összekötés"
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"tags": [
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"word": "ligação"
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"text": "anti-ligature clothing\n(in psychiatry) clothing that prevents one from using it to tie knots",
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{
"ref": "2018, Eli Rosenberg, “She stalked the Golden State Killer until she died. Some think her work led to the suspect’s arrest”, in The Washington Post",
"text": "He hid shoelaces or rope under cushions to use as ligatures.",
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"A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct."
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"(countable) A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct."
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"sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
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"word": "lligada"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
"tags": [
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"word": "lligadura"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
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"sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
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"word": "band"
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"code": "fi",
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"note": "in surgery",
"sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
"word": "ligatuuri"
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"sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
"word": "side"
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"code": "fi",
"english": "generally",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
"word": "sidos"
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"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
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"word": "Ombinjsel"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
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"word": "frânghie"
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"text": "the ligature of a joint"
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"text": "Meronym: ligand"
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"A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature."
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[
"œ",
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[
"ß",
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[
"ij",
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"(countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature."
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"tags": [
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"topics": [
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "huphén",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kcʻagir",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"word": "կցագիր"
},
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"word": "լիգատուրա"
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"code": "bn",
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"roman": "juktakkhor",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"word": "যুক্তাক্ষর"
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"roman": "juktoborno",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hézì",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"word": "合字"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
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"word": "slitek"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"tags": [
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"word": "ligatura"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
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"word": "ligatur"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"tags": [
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"word": "ligatuur"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"word": "ligatuuri"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"tags": [
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"word": "ligature"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ligaṭura",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"word": "ლიგატურა"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ligkatoúra",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "λιγκατούρα"
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"roman": "sañyuktākṣar",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"word": "संयुक्ताक्षर"
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"word": "ligatúra"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "nasclitir"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"word": "合字"
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"word": "합자"
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"word": "കൂട്ടക്ഷരം"
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
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"word": "ligatura"
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
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"word": "ligatură"
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"roman": "ligatúra",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
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"word": "лигату́ра"
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"roman": "vjazʹ",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"tags": [
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"word": "вязь"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"tags": [
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"word": "лигатура"
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
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"word": "ligadura"
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"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
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"word": "ligatur"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"word": "pang-angkop"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtuua-fɛ̀ɛt",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"word": "ตัวแฝด"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "clymlythyren"
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"kind": "topical",
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"name": "Music",
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"glosses": [
"A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase."
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"(countable, music) A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase."
],
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"topics": [
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "legato",
"sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
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"word": "легато"
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"3": "",
"4": "tie, bind"
},
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}
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],
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]
],
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"feminine"
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],
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],
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}
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"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms borrowed from Middle French",
"Middle English terms derived from Late Latin",
"Middle English terms derived from Middle French",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"enm:Medical equipment"
],
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
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"name": "head"
}
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"Latin participle forms"
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"word": "ligātūrus"
}
],
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"vocative masculine singular of ligātūrus"
],
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"ligaturus#Latin"
]
],
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"masculine",
"participle",
"singular",
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}
],
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}
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"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
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"Middle English terms derived from Late Latin",
"Middle English terms derived from Middle French",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"enm:Medical equipment"
],
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "ligature"
},
"expansion": "English: ligature",
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}
],
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"2": "LL.",
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},
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"tags": [
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{
"glosses": [
"bandage, dressing"
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"ligament"
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[
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}
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"ipa": "/liˈɡaːtiu̯r(ə)/"
}
],
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