See quasi on Wiktionary
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"2": "quaix"
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"name": "desc"
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{
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"2": "acais"
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"name": "desc"
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"2": "quasi",
"3": "squasi"
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"name": "desc"
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{
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"2": "cuasi",
"bor": "1"
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],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "quasi",
"bor": "1"
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"2": "quasi",
"bor": "1"
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"2": "kvazaŭ",
"bor": "1"
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{
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"2": "quasi",
"bor": "1"
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"2": "case",
"bor": "1"
},
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}
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "quasi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: quasi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "quasi",
"bor": "1",
"unc": "1"
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}
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{
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{
"args": {
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"2": "quase",
"bor": "1"
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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"1": "ro",
"2": "quasi",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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{
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"2": "casi",
"bor": "1"
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5
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{
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{
"word": "sīcut"
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{
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{
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"tags": [
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkweɪsaɪ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwɑːzi/",
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{
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwɑːˌzaɪ/",
"tags": [
"US"
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"ipa": "/ˈkwɑːzi/",
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{
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"word": "почти"
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"word": "თითქოს"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"word": "ვაი"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"word": "თითქმის"
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{
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"word": "οιονεί"
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{
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{
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{
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"as good as, basically, virtually, more or less; used to describe a process or change of state that has not been technically completed, but the remainder is considered minor or a mere formality"
],
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[
"as good as",
"as good as"
],
[
"basically",
"basically"
],
[
"virtually",
"virtually"
],
[
"more or less",
"more or less"
]
],
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{
"word": "so gut wie"
},
{
"word": "im Prinzip"
},
{
"word": "mehr oder weniger"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈkvaːzi/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkʋaːzi]"
},
{
"audio": "De-at-quasi.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/De-at-quasi.ogg/De-at-quasi.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/De-at-quasi.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "De-quasi.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/De-quasi.ogg/De-quasi.ogg.mp3",
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}
],
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}
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"Italian lemmas",
"Italian terms derived from Latin",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Italian terms with audio pronunciation",
"Italian terms with unexpected vowel outcomes",
"Italian undefined derivations",
"Pages with 9 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Italian/azi",
"Rhymes:Italian/azi/2 syllables"
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"1": "it",
"2": "la",
"3": "quasi"
},
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"name": "uder"
}
],
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"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
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"almost, nearly"
],
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[
"almost",
"almost"
],
[
"nearly",
"nearly"
]
],
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{
"word": "circa"
},
{
"word": "poco meno che"
},
{
"word": "pressoché"
},
{
"word": "per poco non"
}
]
}
],
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},
{
"rhymes": "-azi"
}
],
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}
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"Italian terms with audio pronunciation",
"Italian terms with unexpected vowel outcomes",
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"Pages with entries",
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"Rhymes:Italian/azi/2 syllables"
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"name": "uder"
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{
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},
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"bold_english_offsets": [
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8,
14
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19,
24
]
],
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"text": "ti presento il mio quasi marito",
"type": "example"
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"ipa": "/ˈkwa.zi/"
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{
"rhymes": "-azi"
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"Italian undefined derivations",
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},
{
"word": "quasimente"
},
{
"word": "quasi quasi"
}
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"1": "it",
"2": "la",
"3": "quasi"
},
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"name": "uder"
}
],
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"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "conjunction"
},
"expansion": "quasi",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"quà‧si"
],
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"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "conj",
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{
"categories": [
"Italian terms with usage examples"
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{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
28,
33
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
24,
29
]
],
"english": "he continually gives orders as if he were the boss",
"text": "dà continuamente ordini quasi fosse lui il padrone",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"as if"
],
"links": [
[
"subj.",
"subjunctive"
],
[
"as if",
"as if"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(with subj.) as if"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with subj."
],
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{
"word": "quasiché"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈkwa.zi/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-azi"
}
],
"word": "quasi"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "asques"
},
"expansion": "Venetan: asques",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Trevignano"
},
"expansion": "(Trevignano)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Old Venetan: asques (Trevignano), squasio"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lmo",
"2": "quaxe"
},
"expansion": "Lombard: quaxe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Lombard: quaxe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pro",
"2": "quaisses",
"3": "cais"
},
"expansion": "Old Occitan: quaisses, cais",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Occitan: quaisses, cais"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-oca",
"2": "quaix"
},
"expansion": "Old Catalan: quaix",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Catalan: quaix"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "acais"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: acais",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: acais"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "quasi",
"3": "squasi"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: quasi, squasi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: quasi, squasi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "cuasi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Asturian: cuasi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Asturian: cuasi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "quasi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: quasi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: quasi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "quasi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: quasi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: quasi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "kvazaŭ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Esperanto: kvazaŭ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Esperanto: kvazaŭ"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "quasi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: quasi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: quasi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "case",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Galician: case",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Galician: case"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "quasi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: quasi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: quasi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "quasi",
"bor": "1",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": "→? Italian: quasi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→? Italian: quasi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "quase",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: quase",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: quase"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "quasi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: quasi",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "cvasi"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: cvasi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: quasi, Romanian: cvasi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "casi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: casi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: casi"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "quam",
"3": "sī",
"t1": "how, as",
"t2": "if"
},
"expansion": "Univerbation of quam (“how, as”) + sī (“if”)",
"name": "univ"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Univerbation of quam (“how, as”) + sī (“if”) with clitic shortening of the first vowel and iambic shortening of the second.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "conjunctions"
},
"expansion": "quasi",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "conj",
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{
"categories": [
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin conjunctions",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with usage examples",
"Latin univerbations",
"Pages with 9 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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{
"bold_english_offsets": [
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0,
5
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"english": "as if I don't know!",
"text": "quasi vērō nesciam!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"as if, like"
],
"links": [
[
"as if",
"as if"
],
[
"like",
"like"
]
],
"qualifier": "almost",
"raw_glosses": [
"(almost) as if, like"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ceu"
},
{
"word": "(perinde) ac sī"
},
{
"word": "tanquam"
},
{
"word": "velut"
},
{
"word": "ut"
},
{
"word": "sīcut"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈkʷa.si/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkʷäs̠ɪ]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwa.si/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkwäːs̬i]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "quasi"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "la",
"3": "quasi"
},
"expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin quasi",
"name": "lbor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Latin quasi.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "adverb",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "quasi",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
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"name": "nrf-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Norman",
"lang_code": "nrm",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norman adverbs",
"Norman entries with incorrect language header",
"Norman learned borrowings from Latin",
"Norman lemmas",
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"Norman terms derived from Latin",
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"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"almost, nearly"
],
"links": [
[
"almost",
"almost"
],
[
"nearly",
"nearly"
]
]
}
],
"word": "quasi"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"hascomp": "no"
},
"expansion": "quasi (not comparable)",
"name": "pt-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 9 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Portuguese adverbs",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese forms superseded in 1911",
"Portuguese forms superseded in 1943",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese terms with quotations",
"Portuguese uncomparable adverbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
57,
63
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
53,
58
]
],
"english": "With the presence of a very large number of members from almost all the evangelical churches of this capital and Niterói, the worship program began shortly after 4 o’clock.",
"ref": "1930 January 2, “Os novos medicos evangelicos realizaram um culto de Acção de Graças [The new evangelical doctors performed a Thanksgiving ceremony]”, in Correio da Manhã, volume XXIX, number 10741, Rio de Janeiro, page 7:",
"text": "Com a presença de avultadissimo numero de membros de quasi todas as egrejas evangelicas desta capital e de Nictheroy, o programma do culto teve inicio pouco depois das 4 horas […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of quase."
],
"links": [
[
"quase",
"quase#Portuguese"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"word": "quasi"
}
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