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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of prime importance",
"word": "ante todo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of prime importance",
"word": "más que nada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of prime importance",
"word": "por encima de todo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of prime importance",
"word": "máxime"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of prime importance",
"word": "framförallt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of prime importance",
"word": "främst"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sìng săm-kan têe sùt",
"sense": "of prime importance",
"word": "สิ่งสำคัญที่สุด"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nĕua sìng èun dai",
"sense": "of prime importance",
"word": "เหนือสิ่งอื่นใด"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "peredusím",
"sense": "of prime importance",
"word": "передусі́м"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "peredovsím",
"sense": "of prime importance",
"word": "передовсі́м"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "perš za vse",
"sense": "of prime importance",
"word": "перш за все"
}
],
"word": "above all"
}
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"word": "ancillarily"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"word": "parenthetically"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"word": "secondarily"
}
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"word": "importantly"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"word": "pertinently"
}
],
"related": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"word": "fundamentally"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"word": "mostly"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"word": "above all"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"word": "chiefly"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"word": "especially"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"word": "first and foremost"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "namely"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"word": "particularly"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:above all",
"word": "primarily"
}
],
"tags": [
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"source": "thesaurus",
"word": "above all"
}
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