"put off" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-put off.ogg [Australia] Forms: more put off [comparative], most put off [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} put off (comparative more put off, superlative most put off)
  1. offended, repulsed
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-adj-zNkx5bE6
  2. daunted or fazed
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-adj-yKtiaidm

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-put off.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts off [present, singular, third-person], putting off [participle, present], put off [participle, past], put off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> off}} put off (third-person singular simple present puts off, present participle putting off, simple past and past participle put off)
  1. (transitive) To postpone, especially through procrastination. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-verb-iIlvobY1 Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 77 11 0 13 0 0
  2. (transitive) To delay (a task, event, etc.). Tags: transitive Translations (to delay): yubatmaq (Azerbaijani), отлагам (otlagam) (Bulgarian), 推遲 (Chinese Mandarin), 推迟 (tuīchí) (Chinese Mandarin), 順延 (Chinese Mandarin), 顺延 (shùnyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 延期 (yánqī) (Chinese Mandarin), lykätä (Finnish), ajourner (French), verschieben (German), hinausschieben (German), zurückstellen (German), αναβάλλω (anavállo) (Greek), halaszt (Hungarian), elhalaszt (Hungarian), elodáz (Hungarian), elnapol (Hungarian), draga á langinn (see langur) (Icelandic), tardigar (Ido), 延期する (enki suru) (alt: えんきする) (Japanese), បង្ខន (bɑɑngkhɑɑn) (Khmer), whakahoro (Maori), pāuhu (Maori), utsette (Norwegian Bokmål), utsetje (Norwegian Nynorsk), utsette (Norwegian Nynorsk), به تعویق انداختن (Persian), przełożyć (Polish), odłożyć (Polish), adiar (Portuguese), amâna (Romanian), откла́дывать (otkládyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отложи́ть (otložítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), dra i långbänk (Swedish), dra på (Swedish), skjuta upp (Swedish), відклада́ти (vidkladáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відкла́сти (vidklásty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), відстро́чувати (vidstróčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відстро́чити (vidstróčyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-verb-Hxrd3UX5 Disambiguation of 'to delay': 20 67 2 3 3 4
  3. (transitive) To distract; to disturb the concentration of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-verb-dd-zDmxO
  4. (transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing). Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to dislike; to discourage): rebuter (French), abschrecken (German), entmutigen (German), verprellen (German), die Lust nehmen (German), taszít (Hungarian), elveszi a kedvét (tőle) (Hungarian), отталкивать (ottalkivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-verb-I0nDOEbY Disambiguation of 'to cause to dislike; to discourage': 1 2 1 91 2 3
  5. (transitive) To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-verb-hqnTXik0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (off), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 2 15 6 3 4 43 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 3 15 7 4 5 40 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 4 13 9 5 7 36 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 15 4 11 7 5 7 36 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 4 16 5 4 7 38 7
  6. (transitive, archaic) To take off (something worn). Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-verb-cRz-JX78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: off-putting, putoff [noun] Related terms: hold off, put on, take off, set off, throw off

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "to delay",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to delay",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to delay",
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to delay",
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "tardigar"
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          "alt": "えんきする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "enki suru",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "延期する"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑɑngkhɑɑn",
          "sense": "to delay",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to delay",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "utsette"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to delay",
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          "sense": "to delay",
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          "_dis1": "20 67 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "به تعویق انداختن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 67 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "przełożyć"
        },
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          "_dis1": "20 67 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "odłożyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 67 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "adiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 67 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "amâna"
        },
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          "_dis1": "20 67 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otkládyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otložítʹ",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "отложи́ть"
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        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "dra i långbänk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 67 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "dra på"
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        {
          "_dis1": "20 67 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "skjuta upp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 67 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidkladáty",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "відклада́ти"
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          "_dis1": "20 67 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidklásty",
          "sense": "to delay",
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          "roman": "vidstróčuvaty",
          "sense": "to delay",
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          "word": "відстро́чувати"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidstróčyty",
          "sense": "to delay",
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        "To distract; to disturb the concentration of."
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          "word": "abschrecken"
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          "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
          "word": "entmutigen"
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          "word": "verprellen"
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          "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
          "word": "die Lust nehmen"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
          "word": "taszít"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
          "word": "elveszi a kedvét (tőle)"
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        "(transitive, archaic) To take off (something worn)."
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}
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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
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      "word": "throw off"
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          "text": "Don't put off your homework to the last minute.",
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        {
          "text": "Don't put your homework off to the last minute.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "Don't put it off to the last minute.",
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        {
          "text": "Don't put it off.",
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        "To postpone, especially through procrastination."
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          "text": "The storm put off the game by a week.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "The storm put the game off by a week.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "I'm too busy to see Mr Smith today. I'll have to put him off.",
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        "(transitive) To delay (a task, event, etc.)."
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      "glosses": [
        "To distract; to disturb the concentration of."
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        "(transitive) To distract; to disturb the concentration of."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "text": "Almost drowning put him off swimming.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing)."
      ],
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          "discourage"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This type of firewood puts off a strong smell.",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.)."
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          "emit"
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          "give off"
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        "(transitive) To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.)."
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        "transitive"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "text": "to put off a mask",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 207",
          "text": "The power of turning into an animal has this serious disadvantage that it lays you open to the chance of being wounded or even slain in your animal skin before you have the chance to put it off and scramble back into your human integument.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To take off (something worn)."
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          "take off"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic) To take off (something worn)."
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "yubatmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otlagam",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "отлагам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "推遲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuīchí",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "推迟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "順延"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shùnyán",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "顺延"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yánqī",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "延期"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "lykätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "ajourner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "verschieben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "hinausschieben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "zurückstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anavállo",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "αναβάλλω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "halaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "elhalaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "elodáz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "elnapol"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "draga á langinn (see langur)"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "tardigar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えんきする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "enki suru",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "延期する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑɑngkhɑɑn",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "បង្ខន"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "whakahoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "pāuhu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "utsette"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "utsetje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "utsette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "به تعویق انداختن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "przełożyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "odłożyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "adiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "amâna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkládyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "откла́дывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otložítʹ",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отложи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "dra i långbänk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "dra på"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "word": "skjuta upp"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidkladáty",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відклада́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidklásty",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відкла́сти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidstróčuvaty",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відстро́чувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidstróčyty",
      "sense": "to delay",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відстро́чити"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
      "word": "rebuter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
      "word": "abschrecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
      "word": "entmutigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
      "word": "verprellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
      "word": "die Lust nehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
      "word": "taszít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
      "word": "elveszi a kedvét (tőle)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ottalkivatʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отталкивать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put off"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English idioms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Time"
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    {
      "form": "more put off",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most put off",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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      "name": "en-adj"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The guest was quite put off by an odor.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "offended, repulsed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "repulsed",
          "repulsed"
        ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "All but the most dedicated were put off by the huge task.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "daunted or fazed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "daunted",
          "daunted"
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          "fazed",
          "fazed"
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      "audio": "En-au-put off.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/En-au-put_off.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
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  ],
  "word": "put off"
}

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