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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sharpness or acuteness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "akuitet"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sharpness or acuteness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "acuidad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sharpness or acuteness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agudeza"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sharpness or acuteness",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skärpa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hostrotá",
"sense": "sharpness or acuteness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гострота́"
}
],
"word": "acuity"
}
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