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"text": "The villain kidnapping the love interest in a film is a bit of a cliché.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I know it's a bit of a cliché, but love really does conquer all.",
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"Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude."
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"word": "stereotype"
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{
"word": "saying"
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"word": "Versatzstück"
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"glosses": [
"A stereotype (printing plate)."
],
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[
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"raw_glosses": [
"(printing) A stereotype (printing plate)."
],
"topics": [
"media",
"printing",
"publishing"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈkliːʃeɪ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːʃeɪ"
},
{
"ipa": "/kliˈʃeɪ/",
"tags": [
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},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪ"
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{
"enpr": "klē-shāʹ"
}
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}
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"word": "klishuro"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "anything (other than a phrase) that is overused",
"word": "klise"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything (other than a phrase) that is overused",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "klišé",
"sense": "anything (other than a phrase) that is overused",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "клише́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "anything (other than a phrase) that is overused",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штамп"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anything (other than a phrase) that is overused",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kliše"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything (other than a phrase) that is overused",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tópico"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "anything (other than a phrase) that is overused",
"word": "gasgas"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anything (other than a phrase) that is overused",
"word": "klişe"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "anything (other than a phrase) that is overused",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ystrydeb"
}
],
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"cliché"
],
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}
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{
"ipa": "/kliˈʃeɪ/",
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"rhymes": "-eɪ"
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/En-us-clich%C3%A9.ogg",
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"form": "clichés",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "clichéing",
"tags": [
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"present"
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{
"form": "clichéd",
"tags": [
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{
"form": "clichéd",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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{
"ref": "2015, Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person",
"text": "He clichéd at me. He clichéd at me in a perky, condescending tone.",
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"ipa": "/ˈkliːʃeɪ/",
"tags": [
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{
"ipa": "/kliˈʃeɪ/",
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"US"
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"rhymes": "-eɪ"
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"tags": [
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{
"enpr": "klē-shāʹ"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cliche"
}
],
"word": "cliché"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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