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"ref": "1968, Herold Jacob Wiens, “I-CH’ANG”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 11, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1054, column 1:",
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"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
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"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
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"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗoṭenciuri",
"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
"word": "პოტენციური"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "savaraudo",
"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
"word": "სავარაუდო"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
"word": "voraussichtlich"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
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{
"code": "de",
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},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "endechómenos",
"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
"word": "jövendőbeli"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
"word": "tilvonandi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
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},
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"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
"word": "перспекти́вный"
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"code": "gd",
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"word": "prospectivo"
},
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"code": "tr",
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "likely or expected to happen or become",
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"sense": "following the same population",
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "following the same population",
"word": "მოსალოდნელი"
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"ref": "2006, Verve: The Spirit of Today's Woman, volume 14, numbers 4-6, page 114:",
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