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"forms": [
{
"form": "comes into play",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "coming into play",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "came into play",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "come into play",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "come<,,came,come> into play"
},
"expansion": "come into play (third-person singular simple present comes into play, present participle coming into play, simple past came into play, past participle come into play)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
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"parents": [
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To become involved, start to play a role."
],
"id": "en-come_into_play-en-verb-YRlfH7Kd",
"links": [
[
"involve",
"involve"
],
[
"role",
"role"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "bring into play"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "發揮作用"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāhuī zuòyòng",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "发挥作用"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "alkaa vaikuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "alkaa vaikuttamaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "entrer en jeu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "hineinspielen"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "efikeskar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "entrare in gioco"
},
{
"alt": "はたらく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hataraku",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "働く"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deungjanghada",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "등장하다"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "entrar em jogo"
}
]
}
],
"word": "come into play"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "comes into play",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "coming into play",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "came into play",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "come into play",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "come<,,came,come> into play"
},
"expansion": "come into play (third-person singular simple present comes into play, present participle coming into play, simple past came into play, past participle come into play)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "bring into play"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English verbs",
"Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"Korean terms with redundant script codes",
"Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
],
"glosses": [
"To become involved, start to play a role."
],
"links": [
[
"involve",
"involve"
],
[
"role",
"role"
]
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "發揮作用"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāhuī zuòyòng",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "发挥作用"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "alkaa vaikuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "alkaa vaikuttamaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "entrer en jeu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "hineinspielen"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "efikeskar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "entrare in gioco"
},
{
"alt": "はたらく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hataraku",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "働く"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deungjanghada",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "등장하다"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "become involved",
"word": "entrar em jogo"
}
],
"word": "come into play"
}
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