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"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"en:Grammar"
],
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"a word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause"
],
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"word",
"word"
],
[
"because",
"because"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(grammar) a word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause"
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkʰoː.z̥əl]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɔ.zəl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰɒː.z̥əl]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɑ.zəl/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːzəl"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "causal"
}
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