"as if" meaning in English

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Conjunction

IPA: /ˌæz‿ˈɪf/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /əz‿ˈɪf/ [unstressed] Audio: En-au-as if.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: From Middle English as ȝif, alls iff (“as if”), from Old English *ealswā ġif, attested only as swā ġif (“as if”), equivalent to as + if. Compare Dutch alsof (“as if”), Low German as of (“as if”), German als ob (“as if”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|as ȝif}} Middle English as ȝif, {{m|enm|alls iff|t=as if}} alls iff (“as if”), {{inh|en|ang|*ealswā ġif}} Old English *ealswā ġif, {{m|ang|swā ġif|t=as if}} swā ġif (“as if”), {{af|en|as|if|nocat=1}} as + if, {{cog|nl|alsof|t=as if}} Dutch alsof (“as if”), {{cog|nds|as of|t=as if}} Low German as of (“as if”), {{cog|de|als ob|t=as if}} German als ob (“as if”) Head templates: {{en-con}} as if
  1. As though; in a manner suggesting. Translations (as though): ὡσάν (hōsán) (Ancient Greek), ὡς ἄν (hōs) (Ancient Greek), كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna) (Arabic), كَأَنَّمَا (kaʔannamā) (Arabic), сякаш (sjakaš) (Bulgarian), все едно (vse edno) (Bulgarian), com si (Catalan), 仿佛 or 彷彿 (fǎngfú) (Chinese Mandarin), 彷佛 (fǎngfú) [character, variant] (Chinese Mandarin), 似乎 (sìhū) (Chinese Mandarin), 好像 (hǎoxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), som om (Danish), alsof (Dutch), kvazaŭ (Esperanto), ikään kuin (Finnish), niin kuin (Finnish), kuin (Finnish), aivan kuin (Finnish), comme si (note: + imparfait tense) (French), como se (Galician), ვითომ (vitom) (Georgian), als ob (German), als wenn (German), als (German), 𐍃𐍅𐌴 (swē) (Gothic), λες και (les kai) (Greek), જાણે (jāṇe) (Gujarati), मानो (māno) (Hindi), mintha (Hungarian), akárha (Hungarian), seakan-akan (Indonesian), seolah-olah (Indonesian), come se (Italian), ...のようだ (maru-de...) (alt: まるで...) (Japanese), сияқты (siäqty) (Kazakh), quasi (Latin), ceu (Latin), ētia (Maori), som om (Norwegian), som (Norwegian), coma se (Occitan), swelċe (Old English), انگار (engâr) (Persian), مثل اینکه (mesl-e inke) (Persian), jakby (Polish), como se (Portuguese), ca şi când (Romanian), как бу́дто (kak búdto) (Russian), бу́дто (búdto) (Russian), сло́вно (slóvno) (Russian), ка́к бы (kák by) (Russian), као да [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kao da [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), como si (note: + imperfect subjunctive) (Spanish), som om (Swedish), ramt (Tocharian B), sanki (Turkish), gibi (Turkish), tựa hồ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-as_if-en-conj-VO65u6oE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 20 3 Disambiguation of 'as though': 94 6
  2. In mimicry of. Translations (in mimicry of): все едно (vse edno) (Bulgarian), com si (Catalan), 仿佛 or 彷彿 (fǎngfú) (Chinese Mandarin), 彷佛 (fǎngfú) [character, variant] (Chinese Mandarin), 似乎 (sìhū) (Chinese Mandarin), 好像 (hǎoxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), som om (Danish), alsof (Dutch), kvazaŭ (Esperanto), ikään kuin (Finnish), aivan kuin (Finnish), comme si (note: + imparfait tense) (French), ვითომც (vitomc) (Georgian), თითქოს (titkos) (Georgian), als ob (German), als (German), σαν (san) (Greek), λες και (les kai) (Greek), come se (Italian), ...のようだ (maru-de...) (alt: まるで...) (Japanese), som om (Norwegian), som (Norwegian), swelċe (Old English), انگار (engâr) (Persian), مثل اینکه (mesl-e inke) (Persian), jakby (Polish), como se (Portuguese), как бу́дто (kak búdto) (Russian), бу́дто (búdto) (Russian), сло́вно (slóvno) (Russian), као да [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kao da [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), como si (note: + imperfect subjunctive) (Spanish), som om (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-as_if-en-conj-RR4qgjCk Disambiguation of 'in mimicry of': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: as-if rule, look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards

Interjection

IPA: /ˌæz‿ˈɪf/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /əz‿ˈɪf/ [unstressed] Audio: En-au-as if.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: From Middle English as ȝif, alls iff (“as if”), from Old English *ealswā ġif, attested only as swā ġif (“as if”), equivalent to as + if. Compare Dutch alsof (“as if”), Low German as of (“as if”), German als ob (“as if”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|as ȝif}} Middle English as ȝif, {{m|enm|alls iff|t=as if}} alls iff (“as if”), {{inh|en|ang|*ealswā ġif}} Old English *ealswā ġif, {{m|ang|swā ġif|t=as if}} swā ġif (“as if”), {{af|en|as|if|nocat=1}} as + if, {{cog|nl|alsof|t=as if}} Dutch alsof (“as if”), {{cog|nds|as of|t=as if}} Low German as of (“as if”), {{cog|de|als ob|t=as if}} German als ob (“as if”) Head templates: {{en-interj}} as if
  1. (idiomatic) Refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely. Tags: idiomatic Translations (interjection): как ли пък не (kak li pǎk ne) (Bulgarian), sí clar! (Catalan), 別瞎說 (Chinese Mandarin), 别瞎说 (bié xiāshuō) (Chinese Mandarin), 才怪 (cáiguài) (Chinese Mandarin), 豈有此理 (Chinese Mandarin), 岂有此理 (qǐyǒucǐlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), som om (Danish), tuurlijk (Dutch), vast (Dutch), tuskinpa (Finnish), genre (French), mais bien sûr (French), ნუთუ (nutu) (Georgian), als ob (German), von wegen (German), klar (German), all typically preceded by ja (German), घंटा (ghaṇṭā) (Hindi), अजी हाँ (ajī hā̃) (Hindi), ugyan már! (Hungarian), come no (Italian), già già (Italian), magari (Italian), liksom! (Norwegian), a sim (Portuguese), até parece (Portuguese), nu mai spune! serios? (Romanian), неуже́ли (neužéli) (Russian), е́сли бы (jésli by) (Russian), ска́жешь то́же (skážešʹ tóže) (Russian), да коне́чно (da konéčno) (Russian), mas fhìor (Scottish Gaelic), мош' мислит [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), да баш [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), мало морген [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), мало сутра [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), како да не [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), moš' mislit [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), da baš [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), malo morgen [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), malo sutra [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), kako da ne [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ¡cómo no! (Spanish), ¡sí cómo no! (Spanish), jo tjena (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-as_if-en-intj-3kTG~pAr

Download JSON data for as if meaning in English (19.7kB)

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          "text": "The old man stumbled, as if he were about to fall.",
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          "ref": "2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport",
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          "roman": "vse edno",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "все едно"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "com si"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "roman": "fǎngfú",
          "sense": "as though",
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          "roman": "sìhū",
          "sense": "as though",
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          "roman": "hǎoxiàng",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "好像"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "som om"
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          "sense": "as though",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "kvazaŭ"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "ikään kuin"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "niin kuin"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "kuin"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "aivan kuin"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "note": "+ imparfait tense",
          "sense": "as though",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "como se"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "vitom",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "ვითომ"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "als ob"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "als wenn"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "swē",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "𐍃𐍅𐌴"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "les kai",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "λες και"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hōsán",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "ὡσάν"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hōs",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "ὡς ἄν"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "jāṇe",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "જાણે"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "māno",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "मानो"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "mintha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "akárha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "seakan-akan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "seolah-olah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "come se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "alt": "まるで...",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "maru-de...",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "...のようだ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "siäqty",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "сияқты"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "quasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "ceu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "ētia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "som om"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "som"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "coma se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "swelċe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "engâr",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "انگار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mesl-e inke",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "مثل اینکه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "jakby"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "como se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "ca şi când"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kak búdto",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "как бу́дто"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "búdto",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "бу́дто"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slóvno",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "сло́вно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kák by",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "ка́к бы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "as though",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "као да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "as though",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "kao da"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "note": "+ imperfect subjunctive",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "como si"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "som om"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "ramt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "sanki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "gibi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "as though",
          "word": "tựa hồ"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "When the teacher’s back was turned, the class clown would hold his stomach as if he were ill.",
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        "In mimicry of."
      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vse edno",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "все едно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "com si"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fǎngfú",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "仿佛 or 彷彿"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "roman": "fǎngfú",
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "word": "似乎"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "som om"
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "sense": "in mimicry of",
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "kvazaŭ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "ikään kuin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "aivan kuin"
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "lang": "French",
          "note": "+ imparfait tense",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "comme si"
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "vitomc",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "ვითომც"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "titkos",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "თითქოს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "als ob"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "als"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "san",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "code": "it",
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          "word": "...のようだ"
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "som om"
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "swelċe"
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "engâr",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "انگار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mesl-e inke",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "مثل اینکه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "jakby"
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "in mimicry of",
          "word": "como se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kak búdto",
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          "word": "как бу́дто"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "word": "као да"
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "word": "kao da"
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "kak li pǎk ne",
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          "code": "ca",
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          "word": "sí clar!"
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          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "別瞎說"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bié xiāshuō",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "别瞎说"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "cáiguài",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "才怪"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "豈有此理"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "qǐyǒucǐlǐ",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "岂有此理"
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        {
          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "som om"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "tuurlijk"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "vast"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "tuskinpa"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "genre"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "mais bien sûr"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "nutu",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "ნუთუ"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "als ob"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "von wegen"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "klar"
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          "code": "de",
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          "word": "all typically preceded by ja"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ghaṇṭā",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "घंटा"
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          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "ajī hā̃",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "अजी हाँ"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "ugyan már!"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "come no"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "già già"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "magari"
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        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "liksom!"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "a sim"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "até parece"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "nu mai spune! serios?"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neužéli",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "неуже́ли"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jésli by",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "е́сли бы"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "skážešʹ tóže",
          "sense": "interjection",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "da konéčno",
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          "code": "gd",
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          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "mas fhìor"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "мош' мислит"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "да баш"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "мало морген"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "мало сутра"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "како да не"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "moš' mislit"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "da baš"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "malo morgen"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
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          "word": "malo sutra"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "word": "kako da ne"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "¡cómo no!"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "¡sí cómo no!"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "interjection",
          "word": "jo tjena"
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      "word": "look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards"
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/En-au-as_if.ogg/En-au-as_if.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/En-au-as_if.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kaʔanna",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "كَأَنَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kaʔannamā",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "كَأَنَّمَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sjakaš",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "сякаш"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vse edno",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "все едно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "com si"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎngfú",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "仿佛 or 彷彿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎngfú",
      "sense": "as though",
      "tags": [
        "character",
        "variant"
      ],
      "word": "彷佛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sìhū",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "似乎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǎoxiàng",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "好像"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "som om"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "alsof"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "kvazaŭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "ikään kuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "niin kuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "kuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "aivan kuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "+ imparfait tense",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "comme si"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "como se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "vitom",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "ვითომ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "als ob"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "als wenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "als"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "swē",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "𐍃𐍅𐌴"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "les kai",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "λες και"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hōsán",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "ὡσάν"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hōs",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "ὡς ἄν"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "jāṇe",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "જાણે"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "māno",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "मानो"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "mintha"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "akárha"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "seakan-akan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "seolah-olah"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "come se"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まるで...",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "maru-de...",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "...のようだ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "siäqty",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "сияқты"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "quasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "ceu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "ētia"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "som om"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "som"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "coma se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "swelċe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "engâr",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "انگار"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mesl-e inke",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "مثل اینکه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "jakby"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "como se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "ca şi când"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kak búdto",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "как бу́дто"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "búdto",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "бу́дто"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slóvno",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "сло́вно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kák by",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "ка́к бы"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "as though",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "као да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "as though",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "kao da"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "+ imperfect subjunctive",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "como si"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "som om"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "ramt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "sanki"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "gibi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "as though",
      "word": "tựa hồ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vse edno",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "все едно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "com si"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎngfú",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "仿佛 or 彷彿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎngfú",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "tags": [
        "character",
        "variant"
      ],
      "word": "彷佛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sìhū",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "似乎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǎoxiàng",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "好像"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "som om"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "alsof"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "kvazaŭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "ikään kuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "aivan kuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "+ imparfait tense",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "comme si"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "vitomc",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "ვითომც"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "titkos",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "თითქოს"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "als ob"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "als"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "san",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "σαν"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "les kai",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "λες και"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "come se"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まるで...",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "maru-de...",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "...のようだ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "som om"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "som"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "swelċe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "engâr",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "انگار"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mesl-e inke",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "مثل اینکه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "jakby"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "como se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kak búdto",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "как бу́дто"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "búdto",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "бу́дто"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slóvno",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "сло́вно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "као да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "kao da"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "+ imperfect subjunctive",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "como si"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in mimicry of",
      "word": "som om"
    }
  ],
  "word": "as if"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English conjunctions",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪf",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪf/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "as ȝif"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English as ȝif",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "alls iff",
        "t": "as if"
      },
      "expansion": "alls iff (“as if”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*ealswā ġif"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *ealswā ġif",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "swā ġif",
        "t": "as if"
      },
      "expansion": "swā ġif (“as if”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "as",
        "3": "if",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "as + if",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "alsof",
        "t": "as if"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch alsof (“as if”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "as of",
        "t": "as if"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German as of (“as if”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "als ob",
        "t": "as if"
      },
      "expansion": "German als ob (“as if”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English as ȝif, alls iff (“as if”), from Old English *ealswā ġif, attested only as swā ġif (“as if”), equivalent to as + if. Compare Dutch alsof (“as if”), Low German as of (“as if”), German als ob (“as if”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "as if",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "—I'm going to clean your whole house. —As if!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1903, Frank Norris, The Pit: A Story of Chicago, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, →OL, page 10",
          "text": "“Better wait, hadn't you, Laura,” said Aunt Wess’, “and see. Maybe he'll come up and speak to us.” “Oh, as if!” contradicted Laura.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone)",
          "text": "Ooo! Get off of me! Uh, AS IF!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæz‿ˈɪf/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əz‿ˈɪf/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-as if.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/En-au-as_if.ogg/En-au-as_if.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/En-au-as_if.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kak li pǎk ne",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "как ли пък не"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "sí clar!"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "別瞎說"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bié xiāshuō",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "别瞎说"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cáiguài",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "才怪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "豈有此理"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qǐyǒucǐlǐ",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "岂有此理"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "som om"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "tuurlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "vast"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "tuskinpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "genre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "mais bien sûr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nutu",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "ნუთუ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "als ob"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "von wegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "klar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "all typically preceded by ja"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ghaṇṭā",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "घंटा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ajī hā̃",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "अजी हाँ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "ugyan már!"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "come no"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "già già"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "magari"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "liksom!"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "a sim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "até parece"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "nu mai spune! serios?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neužéli",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "неуже́ли"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jésli by",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "е́сли бы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skážešʹ tóže",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "ска́жешь то́же"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "da konéčno",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "да коне́чно"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "mas fhìor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мош' мислит"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "да баш"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мало морген"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мало сутра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "како да не"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "moš' mislit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "da baš"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "malo morgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "malo sutra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "kako da ne"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "¡cómo no!"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "¡sí cómo no!"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "interjection",
      "word": "jo tjena"
    }
  ],
  "word": "as if"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": án vs. hōs",
  "path": [
    "as if"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "conjunction",
  "title": "as if",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": ...-no yō da vs. maru-de...",
  "path": [
    "as if"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "conjunction",
  "title": "as if",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": ...-no yō da vs. maru-de...",
  "path": [
    "as if"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "conjunction",
  "title": "as if",
  "trace": ""
}

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