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"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "مُسَبَّق"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "apryjóry",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "апрыёры"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiānyàn",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "先驗 /先验"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "a priori"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "a priori"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "apriorisesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "a priori"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "a priori"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "a priori"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aṗriori",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "აპრიორი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "a priori"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ek ton protéron",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "εκ των προτέρων"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "apriori",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "אפריורי"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pūrvasiddh",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "पूर्वसिद्ध"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "a priori"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "apuriori",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "アプリオリ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "a priori"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "a priori"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "apriorycznie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "a priori"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "a priori"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aprióri",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "априо́ри"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaráneje",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "зара́нее"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nezavísimo ot ópyta",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "незави́симо от о́пыта"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "do ópyta",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "до о́пыта"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "a priori"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "önsel"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "aprióri",
"sense": "derived by logic",
"word": "апріо́рі"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"a priori"
],
"word": "a priori"
}
Download raw JSONL data for a priori meaning in English (16.5kB)
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