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"word": "Rückhalt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thing or a person to support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schutz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thing or a person to support",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Unterstützung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thing or a person to support",
"word": "Sicherung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thing or a person to support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rettungsschirm"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thing or a person to support",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sicherheitsnetz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thing or a person to support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spalleggiamento"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thing or a person to support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "supporto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thing or a person to support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "respaldo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thing or a person to support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "batente"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "default arrangement",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "noodoplossing"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "default arrangement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Letztsicherung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "default arrangement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Notlösung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "default arrangement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Auffanglösung"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "default arrangement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cúlstop"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "default arrangement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "garanzia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "default arrangement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "copertura"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "default arrangement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rede de proteção"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "default arrangement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salvaguarda"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "wall or fence behind home plate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Abfangzaun"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "catcher; the position of catcher",
"word": "tautopenga"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"backstop"
],
"word": "backstop"
}
{
"categories": [
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "back",
"3": "stop"
},
"expansion": "back + stop",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "back + stop",
"forms": [
{
"form": "backstops",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "backstopping",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "backstopped",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "backstopped",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "++"
},
"expansion": "backstop (third-person singular simple present backstops, present participle backstopping, simple past and past participle backstopped)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To serve as backstop for."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To serve as backstop for."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013 March 26, Douglas Busvine, Darya Korsunskaya, “Russia backstops Cyprus bailout despite anger”, in Reuters",
"text": "Russia signalled on Monday it would backstop the European Union's bailout of Cyprus despite anger that the weekend rescue deal would impose heavy losses on uninsured depositors, many of them Russian.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bolster, support."
],
"links": [
[
"bolster",
"bolster"
],
[
"support",
"support"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bolster, support."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-backstop.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/En-au-backstop.ogg/En-au-backstop.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/En-au-backstop.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "back-stop"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "serve as backstop",
"word": "salvaguardar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support",
"word": "Rückendeckung geben"
}
],
"word": "backstop"
}
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