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},
{
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"2": "ja",
"3": "ひでんマシン",
"nocat": "1",
"t": "Secret Machine",
"tr": "Hiden Mashin"
},
"expansion": "Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”)",
"name": "psm"
}
],
"etymology_text": "(Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "H.M.",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "H. M.",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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}
],
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"pos": "name",
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{
"word": "Hindley-Milner"
}
],
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"en:Theory of computing"
],
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"Initialism of Hindley-Milner."
],
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"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
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]
],
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"(computing theory) Initialism of Hindley-Milner."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"computing-theory",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011",
"word": "Hannah Montana"
}
],
"categories": [
"English initialisms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
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"bold_text_offsets": [
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135,
137
]
],
"ref": "2022 May 15, Kayleigh Roberts, “Millie Bobby Brown Does a Spot-On Anna Delvey Impression That You *Must* Hear”, in Cosmopolitan:",
"text": "She [Millie Bobby Brown] then demonstrated how she eventually started slipping in and out of an American accent as a by-product of her HM marathons (and fair warning, it’s so seamless that it’s a little jarring).",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of Hannah Montana, an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011."
],
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"w:Hannah Montana"
]
],
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"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
]
}
],
"word": "HM"
}
Download raw JSONL data for HM meaning in English (8.2kB)
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Pokémon",
"path": [
"HM"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "HM",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Pokémon",
"path": [
"HM"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
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}
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