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"forms": [
{
"form": "cover letters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "cover letter (plural cover letters)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"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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"name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"A letter or written communication that serves to introduce an accompanying document; especially, a letter that introduces a résumé or curriculum vitae."
],
"id": "en-cover_letter-en-noun-PX2vjGa0",
"links": [
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"introduce",
"introduce"
],
[
"document",
"document"
],
[
"résumé",
"résumé"
],
[
"curriculum vitae",
"curriculum vitae"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"British",
"English"
],
"word": "covering letter"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carta de presentació"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fùxìn",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "附信"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fùhán",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "附函"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "求職信"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiúzhíxìn",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "求职信"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "průvodní dopis"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivační dopis"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "begeleidbrief"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "begeleidende brief"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivatiebrief"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sollicitatiebrief"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "saatekirje"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lettre de motivation"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Anschreiben"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mikhtáv makdím",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מכתב מקדים"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "kísérőlevél"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "motivációs levél"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "surat pengantar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lettera di presentazione"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shibōsho",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "志望書"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jagisogaeseo",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "자기소개서"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "própratno písmo",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "про́пратно пи́смо"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "list motywacyjny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soprovodítelʹnoje pisʹmó",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сопроводи́тельное письмо́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carta de presentación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "personligt brev"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "suprovidnyj lyst",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "супровідний лист"
}
]
}
],
"word": "cover letter"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "cover letters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "cover letter (plural cover letters)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
],
"glosses": [
"A letter or written communication that serves to introduce an accompanying document; especially, a letter that introduces a résumé or curriculum vitae."
],
"links": [
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"introduce",
"introduce"
],
[
"document",
"document"
],
[
"résumé",
"résumé"
],
[
"curriculum vitae",
"curriculum vitae"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"British",
"English"
],
"word": "covering letter"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carta de presentació"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fùxìn",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "附信"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fùhán",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "附函"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "求職信"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiúzhíxìn",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "求职信"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "průvodní dopis"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivační dopis"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "begeleidbrief"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "begeleidende brief"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motivatiebrief"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sollicitatiebrief"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "saatekirje"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lettre de motivation"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Anschreiben"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mikhtáv makdím",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מכתב מקדים"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "kísérőlevél"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "motivációs levél"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "surat pengantar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lettera di presentazione"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shibōsho",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "志望書"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jagisogaeseo",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"word": "자기소개서"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "própratno písmo",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "про́пратно пи́смо"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "list motywacyjny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soprovodítelʹnoje pisʹmó",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сопроводи́тельное письмо́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carta de presentación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "personligt brev"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "suprovidnyj lyst",
"sense": "letter to introduce a document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "супровідний лист"
}
],
"word": "cover letter"
}
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