"recycling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-recycling.ogg [US] Forms: recyclings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} recycling (countable and uncountable, plural recyclings)
  1. The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use): إِعَادَةْ تَدْوِير (ʔiʕādat tadwīr) [feminine] (Arabic), рецикли́ране (reciklírane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), reciclatge [masculine] (Catalan), 回收 (huíshōu) (Chinese Mandarin), 資源回收再利用 (Chinese Mandarin), 资源回收再利用 (zīyuán huíshōu zài lìyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 循環再造 (Chinese Mandarin), 循环再造 (xúnhuán zàizào) (Chinese Mandarin), recyklace [feminine] (Czech), genbrug [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), genanvendelse [common-gender] (Danish), recyclage [feminine] (Dutch), jäätmekäitlus (Estonian), endurnýtsla (Faroese), kierrätys [neuter] (Finnish), kierrättäminen (Finnish), recyclage [masculine] (French), reciclaxe [feminine] (Galician), გადამუშავება (gadamušaveba) (Georgian), ნარჩენების გადამუშავება (narčenebis gadamušaveba) (Georgian), Recycling [neuter] (German), Wiederverwertung [feminine] (German), ανακύκλωση (anakýklosi) [feminine] (Greek), atoqqiineq (Greenlandic), újrahasznosítás (Hungarian), endurnýting [feminine] (Icelandic), athchúrsáil (Irish), riciclaggio dei rifiuti (Italian), リサイクル (risaikuru) (Japanese), 再使用 (saishiyō) (alt: さいしよう) (Japanese), リユース (riyūsu) (Japanese), 再利用 (sairiyō) (alt: さいりよう) (Japanese), 재활용 (jaehwaryong) (alt: 再活用) (Korean), рециклирање (recikliranje) [neuter] (Macedonian), рецикла́жа (recikláža) [feminine] (Macedonian), èrcycliage [masculine] (Norman), èrcycliéthie [feminine] (Norman), gjenbruk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), resirkulering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), بازیافت (bâzyâft) (Persian), recykling [masculine] (Polish), recyklizacja [feminine] (Polish), reciclagem [feminine] (Portuguese), reciclare [feminine] (Romanian), перерабо́тка отхо́дов (pererabótka otxódov) [feminine] (Russian), втори́чная перерабо́тка (vtoríčnaja pererabótka) [feminine] (Russian), реци́клинг (recíkling) [masculine] (Russian), рецикли́рование (reciklírovanije) [neuter] (Russian), утилиза́ция отхо́дов (utilizácija otxódov) [feminine] (Russian), риса́йклинг (risájkling) [masculine] (Russian), ath-chuairteachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), рециклирање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), recikliranje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), recikliranje [neuter] (Slovene), reciclaje (Spanish), återvinning [common-gender] (Swedish), återanvändning [common-gender] (Swedish), geri dönüşüm (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-recycling-en-noun-imMtZ9P2 Disambiguation of 'the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use': 96 3 0
  2. (uncountable) Those materials culled for recycling. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-recycling-en-noun-0t065mWk
  3. (usually figurative) Something made by recycling something else. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-recycling-en-noun-V0YgIsj3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aspirational recycling, e-recycling, recycling bin, recycling station, recycling symbol, wishful recycling

Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-recycling.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} recycling
  1. present participle and gerund of recycle Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: recycle Related terms: upcycling
    Sense id: en-recycling-en-verb-RPpRKH0A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 23 3 69 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 19 4 65

Inflected forms

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          "word": "riciclaggio dei rifiuti"
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          "word": "再使用"
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          "word": "リユース"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jaehwaryong",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "word": "재활용"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "èrcycliage"
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          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "èrcycliéthie"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gjenbruk"
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          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
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          "word": "resirkulering"
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          "_dis1": "96 3 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bâzyâft",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "word": "بازیافت"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "recykling"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "recyklizacja"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "reciclagem"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "reciclare"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pererabótka otxódov",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "перерабо́тка отхо́дов"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vtoríčnaja pererabótka",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "втори́чная перерабо́тка"
        },
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          "roman": "recíkling",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
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          "word": "реци́клинг"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "reciklírovanije",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "рецикли́рование"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "utilizácija otxódov",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "утилиза́ция отхо́дов"
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          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
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          "word": "риса́йклинг"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ath-chuairteachadh"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
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          "word": "recikliranje"
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          "_dis1": "96 3 0",
          "code": "sl",
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          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "recikliranje"
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          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "word": "reciclaje"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
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          "word": "återvinning"
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          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
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          "word": "återanvändning"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
          "word": "geri dönüşüm"
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        "(uncountable) Those materials culled for recycling."
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          "ref": "1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, page 250",
          "text": "Eddie Holman is still best remembered for his soulful, falsettoed/sex-changed recycling of Ruby & The Romantics' big-time smoothie from 1963, \"Hey There Lonely Boy.\"",
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        "Something made by recycling something else."
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        "(usually figurative) Something made by recycling something else."
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "word": "回收"
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      "word": "資源回收再利用"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "word": "循環再造"
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      "word": "循环再造"
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "word": "ნარჩენების გადამუშავება"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Wiederverwertung"
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "word": "újrahasznosítás"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "word": "athchúrsáil"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "word": "riciclaggio dei rifiuti"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "word": "リサイクル"
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      "alt": "さいしよう",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "alt": "さいりよう",
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
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      "alt": "再活用",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jaehwaryong",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "word": "재활용"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "recikliranje",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "рециклирање"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gjenbruk"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "resirkulering"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâzyâft",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "word": "بازیافت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "recykling"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "recyklizacja"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "reciclagem"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "reciclare"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vtoríčnaja pererabótka",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "утилиза́ция отхо́дов"
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      "word": "риса́йклинг"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ath-chuairteachadh"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "рециклирање"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "recikliranje"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "word": "reciclaje"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "återvinning"
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      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "återanvändning"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use",
      "word": "geri dönüşüm"
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