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"feminine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "cmn",
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"word": "Closure"
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{
"code": "pt",
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{
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mathematics: type of set",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hölje"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "topology: type of set",
"word": "sulkeuma"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "topology: type of set",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lokaður hjúpur"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "topology: type of set",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clausura"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "topology: type of set",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "adherencia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "topology: type of set",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cerradura"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "topology: type of set",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cierre"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of shutting; a closing",
"word": "sulkeminen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of shutting; a closing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schließen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "act of shutting; a closing",
"word": "katinga"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of shutting; a closing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clausura"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of shutting; a closing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cierre"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of shutting; a closing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "conclusión"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of shutting; a closing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "terminación"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of shutting; a closing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cese"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of shutting; a closing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "término"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily",
"word": "sulkeminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "politics: method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote",
"word": "klosuuri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "food packaging industry: element of packaging that closes a container",
"word": "suljin"
}
],
"troponyms": [
{
"topics": [
"science",
"sciences",
"computer",
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "thunk"
}
],
"word": "closure"
}
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