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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "comes by",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "coming by",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "came by",
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"past"
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},
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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{
"text": "A loyal friend is hard to come by.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Somehow he came by a substantial fortune.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2023 August 23, Chris Howe, “Green screen: HS2's route through the shires”, in RAIL, number 990, page 35",
"text": "For example, during the early days of construction, some landowners and local residents felt they were not being kept up to date with what was happening on a day-to-day basis, or that information wasn't always easy to come by.",
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"To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily."
],
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],
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],
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"involuntarily"
]
],
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"(transitive) To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily."
],
"tags": [
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],
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{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "mettre la main sur ..."
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "bekommen"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "trovare"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "reperire"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "rinvenire"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "imbattersi"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "encontrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "pilhar"
},
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"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobyvátʹ",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "добыва́ть"
},
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"sense": "to get (trans.)",
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},
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"sense": "to get (trans.)",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "достава́ть"
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"roman": "polučátʹ",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "получа́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "76 24",
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"roman": "polučítʹ",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
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"perfective"
],
"word": "получи́ть"
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"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "zohnať"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "dostať (kúpiť)"
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"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "encontrar"
},
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"_dis1": "76 24",
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"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "hallar"
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"To come near to; to pass; to visit."
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"(intransitive) To come near to; to pass; to visit."
],
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"_dis1": "7 93",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to pass or visit (intrans.)",
"word": "stavit se"
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"roman": "zaxodítʹ",
"sense": "to pass or visit (intrans.)",
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],
"word": "заходи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 93",
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"lang": "Russian",
"note": "зайти́ pf (zajtí) (+ к (k) + dative case)",
"sense": "to pass or visit (intrans.)"
},
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"_dis1": "7 93",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zagljádyvatʹ",
"sense": "to pass or visit (intrans.)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "загля́дывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 93",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "загляну́ть pf (zagljanútʹ) (+ к (k) + dative case)",
"sense": "to pass or visit (intrans.)"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to pass or visit (intrans.)",
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}
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"A command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep"
],
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{
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{
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},
{
"text": "Somehow he came by a substantial fortune.",
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},
{
"ref": "2023 August 23, Chris Howe, “Green screen: HS2's route through the shires”, in RAIL, number 990, page 35",
"text": "For example, during the early days of construction, some landowners and local residents felt they were not being kept up to date with what was happening on a day-to-day basis, or that information wasn't always easy to come by.",
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"To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily."
],
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"obtain"
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"get"
],
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"involuntarily",
"involuntarily"
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"(transitive) To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily."
],
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"To come near to; to pass; to visit."
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"(intransitive) To come near to; to pass; to visit."
],
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}
],
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "mettre la main sur ..."
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "bekommen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "trovare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "reperire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "rinvenire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "imbattersi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "encontrar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "pilhar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobyvátʹ",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "добыва́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "dobýtʹ",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "добы́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dostavátʹ",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "достава́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"perfective"
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"word": "доста́ть"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "polučátʹ",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "получа́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "получи́ть"
},
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "zohnať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "dostať (kúpiť)"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "encontrar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to get (trans.)",
"word": "hallar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to pass or visit (intrans.)",
"word": "stavit se"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaxodítʹ",
"sense": "to pass or visit (intrans.)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заходи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "зайти́ pf (zajtí) (+ к (k) + dative case)",
"sense": "to pass or visit (intrans.)"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zagljádyvatʹ",
"sense": "to pass or visit (intrans.)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "загля́дывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "загляну́ть pf (zagljanútʹ) (+ к (k) + dative case)",
"sense": "to pass or visit (intrans.)"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to pass or visit (intrans.)",
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"word": "come by"
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"A command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep"
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