"circa" meaning in English

See circa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /ˈsɜːkə/ [UK], /ˈsɝkə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-circa.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-circa.wav Forms: ca. [alternative], ca [alternative], c. [alternative], cca. [alternative], cir. [alternative], circ. [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə Etymology: Borrowed from Latin circa. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker- (turn)}}, {{bor|en|la|circa}} Latin circa Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} circa, {{en-prep}} circa
  1. Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time) Related terms: circum- Translations (approximately, about, around): حَوَالِي (ḥawālī) (Arabic), حوالي (ḥawālī) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), մոտ (mot) (Armenian), մոտավորապես (motavorapes) (Armenian), около (okolo) (Bulgarian), приблизително (priblizitelno) (Bulgarian), circa (Catalan), 大約 /大约 (dàyuē) (Chinese Mandarin), přibližně (Czech), cirka (Czech), cirka (Danish), circa (Dutch), ĉirkaŭ (Esperanto), umleið (Faroese), noin (Finnish), environ (note: with a measure) (French), vers (note: with a date) (French), დაახლოებით (daaxloebit) (Georgian), ungefähr (German), etwa (German), um (German), circa (German), zirka (German), περίπου (perípou) (Greek), περ. (per.) (Greek), בקירוב (be'qiruv) (Hebrew), בסביבות (be'svivot) (Hebrew), cirka (Hungarian), körülbelül (Hungarian), nagyjából (Hungarian), hozzávetőleg (Hungarian), um það bil (Icelandic), circa (Icelandic), sirka (Icelandic), circa (Italian), 約… (yaku) (Japanese), 大体… (daitai) (Japanese), …位 (kurai; gurai) (Japanese), …頃 (goro) (alt: …ごろ) (Japanese), およそ… (oyoso) (Japanese), […]경 (alt: ) (Korean), 대략 (daeryak) (alt: 大略) (Korean), о́колу (ókolu) (Macedonian), при́ближно (príbližno) (Macedonian), ци́рка (círka) (Macedonian), cirka (Norwegian), حوالی (havâli-ye) (Persian), circa (Polish), cerca de (Portuguese), aproximadamente (Portuguese), приблизи́тельно (priblizítelʹno) (Russian), приме́рно (primérno) (Russian), о́коло (ókolo) [with-genitive] (Russian), cerca de (Spanish), aproximadamente (Spanish), cirka (Swedish), ประมาณ (bprà-maan) (Thai), ཡས་མས (yas mas) (Tibetan), aşağı yukarı (Turkish), ог (og) (Udmurt), za (Volapük)

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "մոտ"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "մոտավորապես"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "okolo",
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          "word": "около"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "priblizitelno",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "приблизително"
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          "word": "ĉirkaŭ"
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "umleið"
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          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "noin"
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          "lang": "French",
          "note": "with a measure",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "environ"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "note": "with a date",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "vers"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "daaxloebit",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "დაახლოებით"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "ungefähr"
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          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "etwa"
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "de",
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "zirka"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perípou",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "περίπου"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "per.",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "περ."
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "be'qiruv",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "בקירוב"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "be'svivot",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "בסביבות"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "cirka"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "körülbelül"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "nagyjából"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "hozzávetőleg"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "um það bil"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "circa"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "sirka"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "circa"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yaku",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "約…"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "daitai",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "大体…"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kurai; gurai",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "…位"
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          "alt": "…ごろ",
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          "roman": "goro",
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          "word": "…頃"
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          "word": "[…]경"
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          "alt": "大略",
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          "word": "대략"
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          "word": "о́колу"
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          "roman": "príbližno",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "при́ближно"
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          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "círka",
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          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "cirka"
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          "code": "fa",
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          "roman": "havâli-ye",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "حوالی"
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          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "circa"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "word": "cerca de"
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          "word": "aproximadamente"
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          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
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          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "cirka"
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "bprà-maan",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "ประมาณ"
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          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "yas mas",
          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
          "word": "ཡས་མས"
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          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
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          "code": "vo",
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          "sense": "approximately, about, around",
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      "name": "bor"
    }
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      "form": "ca.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ca",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "c.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cca.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cir.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circ.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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    "cir‧ca"
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      "word": "circum-"
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        "English prepositions",
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        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ker- (turn)",
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Tibetan translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Udmurt translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations"
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          "text": "Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC.",
          "type": "example"
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      "glosses": [
        "Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Approximately",
          "approximately"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "around",
          "around"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɜːkə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɝkə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)kə"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥawālī",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "حَوَالِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥawālī",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "حوالي"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mot",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "մոտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "motavorapes",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "մոտավորապես"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okolo",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "около"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "priblizitelno",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "приблизително"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "circa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàyuē",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "大約 /大约"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "přibližně"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "cirka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "cirka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "circa"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "ĉirkaŭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "umleið"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "noin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "with a measure",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "environ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "with a date",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "vers"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daaxloebit",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "დაახლოებით"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "ungefähr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "etwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "um"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "circa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "zirka"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perípou",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "περίπου"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "per.",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "περ."
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "be'qiruv",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "בקירוב"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "be'svivot",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "בסביבות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "cirka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "körülbelül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "nagyjából"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "hozzávetőleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "um það bil"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "circa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "sirka"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "circa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yaku",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "約…"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daitai",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "大体…"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kurai; gurai",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "…位"
    },
    {
      "alt": "…ごろ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "goro",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "…頃"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oyoso",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "およそ…"
    },
    {
      "alt": "頃",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "[…]경"
    },
    {
      "alt": "大略",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daeryak",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "대략"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ókolu",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "о́колу"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "príbližno",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "при́ближно"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "círka",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "ци́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "cirka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "havâli-ye",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "حوالی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "circa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "cerca de"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "aproximadamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priblizítelʹno",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "приблизи́тельно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "primérno",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "приме́рно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ókolo",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "tags": [
        "with-genitive"
      ],
      "word": "о́коло"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "cerca de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "aproximadamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "cirka"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-maan",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "ประมาณ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "yas mas",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "ཡས་མས"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "aşağı yukarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "og",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "ог"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "approximately, about, around",
      "word": "za"
    }
  ],
  "word": "circa"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": […]gyeong vs. 頃",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "circa",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "suspicious translation with '[': {'lang': 'Korean', 'code': 'ko', 'sense': 'approximately, about, around', 'alt': '頃', 'word': '[…]경'}",
  "path": [
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