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"text": "Hodgson was able to introduce Arsenal teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for his debut late on as this makeshift England line-up closed out a victory that was solid for the most part without ever threatening to be spectacular.",
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"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "臨時代用的"
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"roman": "línshí dàiyòng de",
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"word": "湊合的"
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"word": "tijdelijk"
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"word": "hätävara -"
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"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "de fortune"
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"sense": "made to work or suffice",
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"roman": "kāmaclāū",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "कामचलाऊ"
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"word": "चलाऊ"
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"roman": "joṛ-toṛ",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "जोड़-तोड़"
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"word": "di fortuna"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "arraffazzonato"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "間に合わせの"
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"word": "仮の"
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"code": "no",
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"word": "nødløsning"
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"sense": "made to work or suffice",
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"english": "self-made, not manufactured",
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"ref": "1592, Gabriel Harvey, “The First Letter”, in Four Letters and Certain Sonnets, new edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, published 1814, A Due Commendation of the Quipping Author, page 2",
"text": "Greene the coneycatcher, of this dream the author, / For his dainty devise deserveth the halter. / A rakehell, a makeshift, a scribbling fool; / A famous bayard in city and school: / Now sick as a dog, and ever brain-sick, / Where such a raving and desperate Dick?",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vrémennoje prisposoblénije",
"sense": "temporary substitution",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вре́менное приспособле́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "temporary substitution",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apaño"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "temporary substitution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "improvisación"
}
],
"word": "makeshift"
}
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"English adjectives",
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English exocentric verb-noun compounds",
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"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"en:People"
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"args": {
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"name": "m"
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"form": "more makeshift",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"text": "They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter."
},
{
"ref": "2012 May 26, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Hodgson was able to introduce Arsenal teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for his debut late on as this makeshift England line-up closed out a victory that was solid for the most part without ever threatening to be spectacular.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted."
],
"links": [
[
"work",
"work"
],
[
"suffice",
"suffice"
],
[
"improvise",
"improvise"
],
[
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"substituted"
]
]
}
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{
"ipa": "/ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft/"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/En-us-makeshift.ogg/En-us-makeshift.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/En-us-makeshift.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "make-shift"
},
{
"word": "make shift"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "provisional"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "臨時代用的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "línshí dàiyòng de",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "临时代用的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "湊合的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "còuhe de",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "凑合的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "provizorní"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dočasný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "improvizovaný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "provisorisch"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "voorlopig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "geïmproviseerd"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "nood-"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "tijdelijk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "hätävara -"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "tilapäis-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "de fortune"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "behelfsmäßig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "provisorisch"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "fortin"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kāmaclāū",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "कामचलाऊ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "calāū",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "चलाऊ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "joṛ-toṛ",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "जोड़-तोड़"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "improvvisato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "di fortuna"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "provvisorio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "arraffazzonato"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "間に合わせの"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "仮の"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "nødløsning"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "improvisert"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prowizoryczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "improvisado"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "provizoriu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vrémennyj",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "вре́менный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "improvizírovannyj",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "импровизи́рованный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "self-made, not manufactured",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "samodélʹnyj",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "самоде́льный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "sealach"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "provisional"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "made to work or suffice",
"word": "provisorisk"
}
],
"word": "makeshift"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English exocentric verb-noun compounds",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"en:People"
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "make",
"3": "shift"
},
"expansion": "make + shift",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "1560s. From make + shift.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "makeshifts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "makeshift (plural makeshifts)",
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"word": "make shift"
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"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "1592, Gabriel Harvey, “The First Letter”, in Four Letters and Certain Sonnets, new edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, published 1814, A Due Commendation of the Quipping Author, page 2",
"text": "Greene the coneycatcher, of this dream the author, / For his dainty devise deserveth the halter. / A rakehell, a makeshift, a scribbling fool; / A famous bayard in city and school: / Now sick as a dog, and ever brain-sick, / Where such a raving and desperate Dick?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A rogue; a shifty person."
],
"links": [
[
"rogue",
"rogue"
],
[
"shifty",
"shifty"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "make-shift"
},
{
"word": "make shift"
}
],
"word": "makeshift"
}
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