See afoot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "support of the body, standing",
"word": "auf den Füssen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support of the body, standing",
"word": "stehend"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "support of the body, standing",
"word": "in piedi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "support of the body, standing",
"word": "de pé"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "na nogax",
"sense": "support of the body, standing",
"word": "на ногах"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "support of the body, standing",
"word": "en pie"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "support of the body, standing",
"word": "de pie"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕalā qadam wasāq",
"sense": "in progress",
"word": "عَلَى قَدَم وَسَاق"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in progress",
"word": "en curs"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in progress",
"word": "v běhu"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in progress",
"word": "v běhu"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "in progress",
"word": "op til"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "in progress",
"word": "op komst"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in progress",
"word": "en cours"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in progress",
"word": "ar bun"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in progress",
"word": "ar siúl"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v dviženii",
"sense": "in progress",
"word": "в движении"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in progress",
"word": "en marcha"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in progress",
"word": "en curso"
}
],
"word": "afoot"
}
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"Rhymes:English/ʊt/2 syllables",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
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{
"ref": "2011, Maile Chapman, Your Presence Is Requested at Suvanto: A Novel:",
"text": "Sunny moves through these final days quickly, easily, buoyed by routine even though change is afoot in all directions.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 76:",
"text": "Now there are plans afoot to introduce a couple of extra trains to the timetable in December, with the long-term goal of a doubling of the service to eight trains a day.",
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"That is on foot, in motion, in action, in progress."
],
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[
"foot",
"foot"
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[
"motion",
"motion"
],
[
"action",
"action"
],
[
"progress",
"progress"
]
],
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"(predicative) That is on foot, in motion, in action, in progress."
],
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"not-comparable",
"predicative"
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}
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"ipa": "/əˈfʊt/"
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/əˈfʉt/",
"tags": [
"Northern-Ireland",
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊt"
}
],
"word": "afoot"
}
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