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"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "something directly opposite",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"topics": [
"maths",
"mathematics",
"sciences"
],
"word": "antipod"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "something directly opposite",
"word": "antipot"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"lang_code": "zza",
"sense": "something directly opposite",
"word": "antipot"
}
],
"word": "antipode"
}
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