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"word": "খাস্তগীর"
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"word": "ᎠᏙᎩᏯᏍᎩ"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "候選人"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hòuxuǎnrén",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "候选人"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "候補"
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"roman": "hòubǔ",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "候补"
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"sense": "person running in an election",
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"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "ehdokas"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳandidaṭi",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "კანდიდატი"
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"sense": "person running in an election",
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypopsífios",
"sense": "person running in an election",
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"word": "υποψήφιος"
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"code": "gu",
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"roman": "umedvār",
"sense": "person running in an election",
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"word": "ઉમેદવાર"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mo'omád",
"sense": "person running in an election",
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"word": "מועמד \\ מָעֳמָד"
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"sense": "person running in an election",
"tags": [
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"word": "מועמדת"
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "ummīdvār",
"sense": "person running in an election",
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"word": "उम्मीदवार"
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"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "induló"
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"sense": "person running in an election",
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "kandidat"
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"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "person running in an election",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "person running in an election",
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"word": "iarrthóir"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person running in an election",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "person running in an election",
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"alt": "こうほしゃ",
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"roman": "kōhosha",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "候補者"
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"alt": "こうほ",
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ümıtker",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "үміткер"
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"roman": "peekkhaʼcŭən",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "បេក្ខជន"
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"roman": "huboja",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "후보자"
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{
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"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "berbijar"
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{
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"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "namzet"
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"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "berendam"
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{
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"word": "kandîdat"
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"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
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"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "талапкер"
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"code": "lo",
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"roman": "phū sa mak",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "ຜູ້ສະໝັກ"
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"code": "lt",
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"roman": "sthānāṟtthi",
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"word": "സ്ഥാനാർത്ഥി"
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"code": "mi",
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"code": "nb",
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"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "nāmzad",
"sense": "person running in an election",
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"word": "نامزد"
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{
"_dis1": "64 19 5 4 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kândidâ",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "کاندیدا"
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{
"_dis1": "64 19 5 4 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nâmzad",
"sense": "person running in an election",
"word": "نامزد"
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"sense": "person running in an election",
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"code": "bn",
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"word": "চাকরিপ্রার্থী"
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"ref": "2005, Khaled M. Khan, Yan Zhang, Managing Corporate Information Systems Evolution and Maintenance, IGI Global, page 308",
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d5/En-us-candidate.ogg/En-us-candidate.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/En-us-candidate.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stand as a candidate for an office",
"word": "candidater"
}
],
"word": "candidate"
}
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