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"roman": "istifhām majāziyy",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
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"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
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"roman": "şeşendık mäsele",
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"word": "шешендік мәселе"
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"word": "pirsa retorîk"
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"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "ui makihoi"
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"word": "ui mākoi"
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"word": "ритори́ческий вопро́с"
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"word": "retorisk fråga"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "cümle değerli soru"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
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"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "retorik soru"
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"word": "ритори́чне запита́ння"
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"code": "yo",
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"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "ìbéèrè pèsìjẹ"
}
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"text": "Are you nuts? Don't answer that – it's a rhetorical question."
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"A question to which the asker does not expect an answer."
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"(colloquial) A question to which the asker does not expect an answer."
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"roman": "istifhām majāziyy",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِسْتِفْهَام مَجَازِيّ"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "反問句"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎnwènjù",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "反问句"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"tags": [
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"word": "řečnická otázka"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "retorinen kysymys"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
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"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
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"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rhetorische Frage"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "költői kérdés"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "retorísk spurning"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
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"word": "ræðuspurning"
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"alt": "しゅうじぎもん",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "jūji gimon",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "修辞疑問"
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"roman": "hango",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
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"code": "kk",
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"roman": "şeşendık mäsele",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "шешендік мәселе"
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"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"tags": [
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"word": "pirsa retorîk"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "retoričko prašanje",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
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"word": "реторичко прашање"
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "soalan retorik"
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"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "ui makihoi"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "pātai mākoi"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"tags": [
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
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"word": "interogație retorică"
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"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
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"word": "pregunta retórica"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
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"word": "retorisk fråga"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect",
"word": "cümle değerli soru"
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{
"code": "tr",
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{
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"word": "ìbéèrè pèsìjẹ"
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"sense": "question to which no answer is expected",
"word": "retorinen kysymys"
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"code": "uk",
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"word": "ритори́чне запита́ння"
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