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"word": "結存"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring to equipoise",
"word": "tauta"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring to equipoise",
"word": "whakataurite"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring to equipoise",
"word": "whakatautika"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to bring to equipoise",
"word": "balansere"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bring to equipoise",
"word": "equilibrar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uravnovéšivatʹ",
"sense": "to bring to equipoise",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уравнове́шивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uravnovésitʹ",
"sense": "to bring to equipoise",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уравнове́сить"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to bring to equipoise",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "балансирати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to bring to equipoise",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "balansirati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bring to equipoise",
"word": "balancear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to bring to equipoise",
"word": "balansera"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make concepts agree",
"word": "tasapainottaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make concepts agree",
"word": "ausgleichen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "isorropó",
"sense": "to make concepts agree",
"word": "ισορροπώ"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make concepts agree",
"word": "bilanciare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make concepts agree",
"word": "equivalere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make concepts agree",
"word": "coniugare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make concepts agree",
"word": "whakatautika"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make concepts agree",
"word": "equilibrar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uravnovéšivatʹ",
"sense": "to make concepts agree",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уравнове́шивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uravnovésitʹ",
"sense": "to make concepts agree",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уравнове́сить"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make concepts agree",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "балансирати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make concepts agree",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "balansirati"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "balansiram",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"word": "балансирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"word": "equilibrar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"word": "tasapainotella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"word": "pitää tasapainossa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"word": "balancieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"word": "im Gleichgewicht halten"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "isorropó",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"word": "ισορροπώ"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"word": "tenere in equilibrio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"word": "bilanciare"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"word": "balansere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "balansować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"word": "equilibrar"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "балансирати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "balansirati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"word": "equilibrar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to hold precariously",
"word": "balansera"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nautical: to contract a sail",
"word": "ottaa sisään"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pravja balans",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"word": "правя баланс"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"word": "bilanci"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"word": "tasapainottaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"word": "apurer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"word": "bilanzieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "antistathmízo",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"word": "αντισταθμίζω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"word": "conguagliare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"word": "pareggiare"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"word": "balansere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bilansować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zbilansować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"word": "balancear"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "балансирати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "balansirati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"word": "hacer balance"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond",
"word": "balansera"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uravnovesen sǎm",
"sense": "be in equilibrium",
"word": "уравновесен съм"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be in equilibrium",
"word": "olla tasapainossa"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "isorropó",
"sense": "be in equilibrium",
"word": "ισορροπώ"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be in equilibrium",
"word": "equilibrar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be in equilibrium",
"word": "balansera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be in equilibrium",
"word": "jämna ut sig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be in equilibrium",
"word": "stå och väga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be in equilibrium",
"word": "vara i jämvikt"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "balansiran sǎm",
"sense": "to have matching credits and debits",
"word": "балансиран съм"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have matching credits and debits",
"word": "olla tasapainossa"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "isoskelízo",
"sense": "to have matching credits and debits",
"word": "ισοσκελίζω"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izmiruva",
"sense": "to have matching credits and debits",
"word": "измирува"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have matching credits and debits",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bilansować się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have matching credits and debits",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zbilansować się"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"balance"
],
"word": "balance"
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: watchmaking",
"path": [
"balance"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "balance",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: watchmaking",
"path": [
"balance"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "balance",
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}
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