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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "circa"
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "cirka"
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "cirka"
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "circa"
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "umleið"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "environ"
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"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",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "zirka"
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"roman": "perípou",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "περίπου"
},
{
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"roman": "per.",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "περ."
},
{
"code": "he",
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"roman": "be'qiruv",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "בקירוב"
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"word": "um það bil"
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"word": "circa"
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"word": "circa"
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "대략"
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"roman": "ókolu",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "о́колу"
},
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "príbližno",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "при́ближно"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "círka",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"code": "fa",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "circa"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "cerca de"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "aproximadamente"
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "приблизи́тельно"
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "приме́рно"
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"word": "cerca de"
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "yas mas",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "ཡས་མས"
},
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "aşağı yukarı"
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"code": "udm",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "около"
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{
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"roman": "priblizitelno",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "circa"
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "大約"
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{
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"roman": "dàyuē",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "大约"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "přibližně"
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "cirka"
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "ĉirkaŭ"
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "umleið"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "noin"
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"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"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "ungefähr"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "etwa"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "circa"
},
{
"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."
},
{
"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",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "um það bil"
},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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},
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "circa"
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{
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{
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"roman": "goro",
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{
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "およそ…"
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{
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "[…]경"
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{
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"roman": "daeryak",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "대략"
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{
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"roman": "ókolu",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "о́колу"
},
{
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"roman": "príbližno",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
"word": "при́ближно"
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{
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"roman": "círka",
"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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{
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"sense": "approximately, about, around",
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"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": "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"
}
],
"word": "circa"
}
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