"colloq" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "colloqs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "colloq (plural colloqs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "colloquium"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1973, “The Noble Experiment”, in 1973 Colonial Echo, Cambridge, M.D.: Western Publishing, page 150:",
          "text": "Project Plus was the cultural center of the campus, with literally 24 hour-a-day possibilities. Involvement ranged from colloqs and tutorials to Sunday evening interest meetings and late night swimming excursions.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1978 May 17, Patricia Keefe, “Health program cited as one of country's best”, in The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, volume CVII, number 142, page 15:",
          "text": "Educational aspects of the Health Services include four-credit courses, colloqs, and workshops, all geared towards the \"education of the whole person, lasting beyond their four years at UMass.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Kory Stamper, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 5:",
          "text": "One of the women in my dorm quizzed me about my classes over Raisin Bran. \"Latin,\" I droned, \"philosophy of religion, a colloq on medieval Icelandic family sagas—\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 January 24, “Seats at the Table”, in Omohundro Institute, archived from the original on 2023-01-30:",
          "text": "The spring semester of the Omohundro Institute Colloquia series began last night with a presentation by Richard Godbeer of Virginia Commonwealth University. Four more colloqs will follow in the next few months.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of colloquium."
      ],
      "id": "en-colloq-en-noun-0EzLhsag",
      "links": [
        [
          "colloquium",
          "colloquium#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Clipping of colloquium."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "colloq"
}

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "colloq (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, “simple”, in Chambers Compact Thesaurus, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers, →ISBN, page 617:",
          "text": "the test was very simple: a cinch colloq, a doddle colloq, a piece of cake colloq, a pushover colloq, as easy as falling off a log colloq, clear, comprehensible, easy, easy-peasy colloq, effortless, elementary, straightforward, uncomplicated, understandable, uninvolved",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "colloq."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rare form of colloq.."
      ],
      "id": "en-colloq-en-adj-BlN-d1Ps",
      "links": [
        [
          "colloq.",
          "colloq.#English"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "not-comparable",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "colloq"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English words containing Q not followed by U",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "colloqs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "colloq (plural colloqs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "colloquium"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1973, “The Noble Experiment”, in 1973 Colonial Echo, Cambridge, M.D.: Western Publishing, page 150:",
          "text": "Project Plus was the cultural center of the campus, with literally 24 hour-a-day possibilities. Involvement ranged from colloqs and tutorials to Sunday evening interest meetings and late night swimming excursions.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1978 May 17, Patricia Keefe, “Health program cited as one of country's best”, in The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, volume CVII, number 142, page 15:",
          "text": "Educational aspects of the Health Services include four-credit courses, colloqs, and workshops, all geared towards the \"education of the whole person, lasting beyond their four years at UMass.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Kory Stamper, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 5:",
          "text": "One of the women in my dorm quizzed me about my classes over Raisin Bran. \"Latin,\" I droned, \"philosophy of religion, a colloq on medieval Icelandic family sagas—\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 January 24, “Seats at the Table”, in Omohundro Institute, archived from the original on 2023-01-30:",
          "text": "The spring semester of the Omohundro Institute Colloquia series began last night with a presentation by Richard Godbeer of Virginia Commonwealth University. Four more colloqs will follow in the next few months.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of colloquium."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "colloquium",
          "colloquium#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Clipping of colloquium."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "colloq"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English words containing Q not followed by U",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "colloq (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English rare forms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, “simple”, in Chambers Compact Thesaurus, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers, →ISBN, page 617:",
          "text": "the test was very simple: a cinch colloq, a doddle colloq, a piece of cake colloq, a pushover colloq, as easy as falling off a log colloq, clear, comprehensible, easy, easy-peasy colloq, effortless, elementary, straightforward, uncomplicated, understandable, uninvolved",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "colloq."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rare form of colloq.."
      ],
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        [
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          "colloq.#English"
        ]
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        "form-of",
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        "rare"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "colloq"
}