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"text": "longest, biggest, fastest"
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"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuì",
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"tags": [
"prefix"
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"word": "最"
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{
"code": "cs",
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{
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"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "plej"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "for adjectives",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "-in"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "before the adjective, after the definite article",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "plus"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"tags": [
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"word": "-ster"
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{
"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "leg-"
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{
"alt": "いちばん, ichiban; placed before the adjective",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "一番"
},
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"alt": "もっとも",
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"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "最も"
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"alt": "さい",
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{
"code": "km",
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"roman": "…ciəng kei",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "...ជាងគេ"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gajang",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "가장"
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"alt": "第一",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeil",
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"prefix"
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"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "...thī sut",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "...ທີ່ສຸດ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "ter-"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xamgyn",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "-est"
},
{
"code": "nb",
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"note": "before most long adjectives or adverbs",
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},
{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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},
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"code": "nn",
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"note": "before most long adjectives or adverbs",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "before the adjective or adverb",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "najbardziej"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "mais used with definite article",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "before the adjective or adverb, after the demonstrative article",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "más"
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"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "...tîi-sùt",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "...ที่สุด"
},
{
"code": "tr",
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"word": "en"
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{
"alt": "一",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "... nhất"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
"word": "-af"
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"code": "yo",
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"sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-eš"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-íš"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-t"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-t"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "for regular -er verbs",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-es"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "for regular -ir verb",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-is"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "for most -re verbs",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-s"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-st"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-sz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-d"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-l"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "broad synthetic form, 1st conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-air"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "slender synthetic form, 1st conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ir"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "broad synthetic form, 2nd conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-aír"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "slender synthetic form, 2nd conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ír"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"roman": "for regular -are and -ere verbs and for those -ire verbs that don't take -isc-",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-i"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-as"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-es"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-is"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-s"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-esz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-isz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ysz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-asz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "1st conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-as"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "2nd and 3rd conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-es"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "most verbs",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-i"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "some 1st conjugation verbs",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ezi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "some 4th conjugation verbs",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ești"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-ešʹ",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ешь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-jóšʹ",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ёшь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-išʹ",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ишь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-ašʹ",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ашь"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-as"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-es"
}
]
}
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-es"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-is"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-s"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-esz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-isz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ysz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-asz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "1st conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-as"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "2nd and 3rd conjugation",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-es"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "most verbs",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-i"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "some 1st conjugation verbs",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ezi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "some 4th conjugation verbs",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ești"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-ešʹ",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ешь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-jóšʹ",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ёшь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-išʹ",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ишь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-ašʹ",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-ашь"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-as"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
"word": "-es"
}
],
"word": "-est"
}
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