"ossia" meaning in All languages combined

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      "expansion": "Italian ossia (“or rather”)",
      "name": "bor"
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  "etymology_text": "From Italian ossia (“or rather”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ossias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Music",
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            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
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        "In a musical score, an alternative version of a passage, usually just a few measures long. The alternative is usually an easier version of a particularly difficult passage."
      ],
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        "(music) In a musical score, an alternative version of a passage, usually just a few measures long. The alternative is usually an easier version of a particularly difficult passage."
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑsiə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔsiə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒsɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ossia"
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        "2": "o",
        "3": "sia",
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        "gloss2": "that it be"
      },
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      "name": "univerbation"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "ou seja"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese ou seja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "o sea"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish o sea",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Univerbation of o (“or”) + sia (“that it be”). Compare Portuguese ou seja, Spanish o sea.",
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  "hyphenation": [
    "os‧sì‧a"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "conj",
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        "that is; to be precise (used to introduce a clarification or explanation)"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ia"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/osˈsi.a/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ia"
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  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Italian ossia (“or rather”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Italian ossia (“or rather”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ossias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms derived from Italian",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "en:Music"
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        "In a musical score, an alternative version of a passage, usually just a few measures long. The alternative is usually an easier version of a particularly difficult passage."
      ],
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        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
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        "(music) In a musical score, an alternative version of a passage, usually just a few measures long. The alternative is usually an easier version of a particularly difficult passage."
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑsiə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔsiə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒsɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ossia"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Italian 3-syllable words",
    "Italian conjunctions",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian univerbations",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ia",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ia/3 syllables"
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      "name": "univerbation"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "ou seja"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese ou seja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "o sea"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish o sea",
      "name": "cog"
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  ],
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  "hyphenation": [
    "os‧sì‧a"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "that is; to be precise (used to introduce a clarification or explanation)"
      ],
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          "that is",
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        [
          "precise",
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        "or rather"
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        [
          "or",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ia"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/osˈsi.a/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ia"
    }
  ],
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}