"defect" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdiːfɛkt/, /dɪˈfɛkt/ Audio: En-us-defect.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-defect (verb).wav Forms: defects [plural]
enPR: dē'fĕkt, dĭfĕkt' Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: From Middle French defaicte, from Latin defectus (“a failure, lack”), from deficere (“to fail, lack, literally 'undo'”), from past participle defectus, from de- (“priv.”) + facere (“to do”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{uder|en|frm|defaicte}} Middle French defaicte, {{uder|en|la|defectus||a failure, lack}} Latin defectus (“a failure, lack”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} defect (plural defects)
  1. A fault or malfunction. Translations (fault or malfunction): ἐλάττωμα (eláttōma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), خَلَل (ḵalal) [masculine] (Arabic), عَيْب (ʕayb) [masculine] (Arabic), عَوَار (ʕawār) [masculine] (Arabic), արատ (arat) (Armenian), খুঁত (khũt) (Assamese), qüsur (Azerbaijani), nöqsan (Azerbaijani), naqislik (Azerbaijani), kəsir (Azerbaijani), дэфе́кт (defjékt) [masculine] (Belarusian), га́на (hána) [feminine] (Belarusian), kakundian (Bikol Central), недоста́тък (nedostátǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), повре́да (povréda) (Bulgarian), дефе́кт (defékt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), defecte [masculine] (Catalan), bala (Chichewa), 缺點 (Chinese Mandarin), 缺点 (quēdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 問題 (Chinese Mandarin), 问题 (wèntí) (Chinese Mandarin), 缺陷 (quēxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 弱點 (Chinese Mandarin), 弱点 (ruòdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 毛病 (máobing, máobìng) (Chinese Mandarin), závada [feminine] (Czech), porucha [feminine] (Czech), vada [feminine] (Czech), defekt [masculine] (Czech), viga (Estonian), defekt (Estonian), vika (Finnish), défaut [masculine] (French), Fehler [masculine] (German), Defekt [masculine] (German), ελάττωμα (eláttoma) [neuter] (Greek), פגם (pgam) [masculine] (Hebrew), दोष (doṣ) [masculine] (Hindi), खोट (khoṭ) [masculine] (Hindi), hiányosság (Hungarian), rendellenesség (Hungarian), fogyatékosság (Hungarian), hiány (Hungarian), hiba (Hungarian), cacat (Indonesian), defekta (Ingrian), difetto [masculine] (Italian), 欠陥 (kekkan) (alt: けっかん) (Japanese), 欠点 (ketten) (alt: けってん) (Japanese), 결함 (gyeolham) (Korean), vitium [neuter] (Latin), menda [feminine] (Latin), дефект (defekt) [masculine] (Macedonian), tōrōkiri (Maori), عیب ('eyb) (Persian), عوار ('avâr) (Persian), نقص (naqs) (Persian), wada [feminine] (Polish), defekt [masculine] (Polish), usterka [feminine] (Polish), defeito [masculine] (Portuguese), недоста́ток (nedostátok) [masculine] (Russian), дефе́кт (defékt) [masculine] (Russian), изъя́н (izʺján) [masculine] (Russian), брак (brak) [masculine] (Russian), रपस् (rapas) (english: bodily) [neuter] (Sanskrit), cron [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), defekt [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), недостатак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nedostatak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vada [feminine] (Slovak), porucha [feminine] (Slovak), defekt [masculine] (Slovak), okvara [feminine] (Slovene), napaka [feminine] (Slovene), falla [feminine] (Spanish), tacha [feminine] (Spanish), defecto [masculine] (Spanish), desperfecto [masculine] (Spanish), kasoro (Swahili), లోపం (lōpaṁ) (Telugu), บกพร่อง (bòk-prông) (Thai), ґандж (gandž) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ва́да (váda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), дефе́кт (defékt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), хи́ба (xýba) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tật (Vietnamese), lỗi (Vietnamese), חסרון (khisorn) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-defect-en-noun-ZojFsYVc Disambiguation of 'fault or malfunction': 97 2 1
  2. The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
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  3. (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-defect-en-noun-BxruQu8E Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: defect, fault, flaw, imperfection, shortcoming, drawback, deficiency, inadequacy, peccadillo Hyponyms: blemish, crack, dent, taint, bug, glitch, scratch, stain, weak spot, wem Derived forms: angular defect, birth defect, CHILD syndrome, congenital heart defect, defect of one's qualities, Frenkel defect, mass defect, organic defect, Schottky defect, title defect Related terms: defective, defeat, deficiency, deficient, deficit, problem, issue, quirk, error, flawless

Verb

IPA: /ˈdiːfɛkt/, /dɪˈfɛkt/ Audio: En-us-defect.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-defect (verb).wav Forms: defects [present, singular, third-person], defecting [participle, present], defected [participle, past], defected [past]
enPR: dē'fĕkt, dĭfĕkt' Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: From Middle French defaicte, from Latin defectus (“a failure, lack”), from deficere (“to fail, lack, literally 'undo'”), from past participle defectus, from de- (“priv.”) + facere (“to do”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{uder|en|frm|defaicte}} Middle French defaicte, {{uder|en|la|defectus||a failure, lack}} Latin defectus (“a failure, lack”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} defect (third-person singular simple present defects, present participle defecting, simple past and past participle defected)
  1. (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party. Tags: intransitive Translations (to abandon; to change one's loyalty): дезерти́рам (dezertíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), 變節 (Chinese Mandarin), 变节 (biànjié) (Chinese Mandarin), 叛變 (Chinese Mandarin), 叛变 (pànbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), overlopen (Dutch), deserteren (Dutch), ribeli (Esperanto), loikata (Finnish), déserter (French), passer à (French), განდგომა (gandgoma) (Georgian), überlaufen (German), sich zurückziehen (German), aussteigen (German), desertieren (German), αυτομολώ (aftomoló) (Greek), αποσκιρτώ (aposkirtó) (Greek), ערק ('aráq) (Hebrew), elszakad (Hungarian), cserbenhagy (Hungarian), otthagy (Hungarian), elhagy (Hungarian), membelot (Indonesian), defezionare (Italian), 変節する (hensetsu suru) (alt: へんせつする) (Japanese), 변절하다 (byeonjeolhada) (Korean), dēscīscō (Latin), whakarere (Maori), trair (Portuguese), desertar (Portuguese), изменя́ть (izmenjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), дезерти́ровать (dezertírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), пребјећи [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), prebjeći [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), desertar (Spanish), pasarse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-defect-en-verb-xvMkeALE Disambiguation of "to abandon; to change one's loyalty": 69 14 0 16
  2. (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat. Categories (topical): Military Translations (to desert; to flee combat): deserteren (Dutch), karata rintamalta (Finnish), karata (Finnish), დეზერტირობა (dezerṭiroba) (Georgian), desertieren (German), dezertál (Hungarian), megszökik (Hungarian), disertare (Italian), дезерти́ровать (dezertírovatʹ) (Russian), dezertirati (Serbo-Croatian), dezertirati (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-defect-en-verb-Sm5eZ2ob Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'to desert; to flee combat': 4 57 0 39
  3. (military) To join the enemy army. Categories (topical): Military Translations (to join the enemy): overlopen (Dutch), loikata (Finnish), überlaufen (German), átáll (Hungarian), átpártol (Hungarian), transfugiō (Latin), dezerterować [imperfective] (Polish), zdezerterować [perfective] (Polish), переходи́ть на сто́рону проти́вника (perexodítʹ na stóronu protívnika) (Russian), prebeći (Serbo-Croatian), prebjeći (Serbo-Croatian), prebegniti (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-defect-en-verb-QAW~3f30 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'to join the enemy': 0 0 100 0
  4. (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum. Categories (topical): Law Translations (to flee one's country and seek asylum): asiel aanvragen (Dutch), overlopen (Dutch), loikata (Finnish), paeta (Finnish), elszökik (english: to flee) (Hungarian), disszidál (note: with emphasis on illegality) (Hungarian), membelot (Indonesian), izbeći (Serbo-Croatian), izbjeći (Serbo-Croatian), prebegniti (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-defect-en-verb-tyxtYaoH Topics: law Disambiguation of "to flee one's country and seek asylum": 3 12 0 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: defection, defector, redefect

Inflected forms

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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
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      "word": "פגם"
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      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "दोष"
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      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "खोट"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "hiányosság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "rendellenesség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "fogyatékosság"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "hiány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "hiba"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "cacat"
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    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "defekta"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
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        "masculine"
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      "alt": "けっかん",
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      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "欠陥"
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      "roman": "ketten",
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeolham",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "결함"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
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        "neuter"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "menda"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "defekt",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "дефект"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "tōrōkiri"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'eyb",
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      "word": "عیب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'avâr",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "عوار"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "naqs",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "نقص"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "wada"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "defekt"
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      "roman": "izʺján",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "falla"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "tacha"
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      "word": "defecto"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "desperfecto"
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    {
      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "kasoro"
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    {
      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "lōpaṁ",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "లోపం"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bòk-prông",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "บกพร่อง"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "gandž",
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      "word": "ґандж"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ва́да"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "xýba",
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      "word": "хи́ба"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "tật"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "fault or malfunction",
      "word": "lỗi"
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "khisorn",
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      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "变节"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "passer à"
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      "roman": "gandgoma",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "განდგომა"
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      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "überlaufen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "sich zurückziehen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "aussteigen"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "desertieren"
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      "word": "αυτομολώ"
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      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "ערק"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
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      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "elhagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "membelot"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "defezionare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "へんせつする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hensetsu suru",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "変節する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "byeonjeolhada",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "변절하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "dēscīscō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "whakarere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "trair"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "desertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izmenjátʹ",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "изменя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dezertírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дезерти́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "пребјећи"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "prebjeći"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "desertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to abandon; to change one's loyalty",
      "word": "pasarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to desert; to flee combat",
      "word": "deserteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to desert; to flee combat",
      "word": "karata rintamalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to desert; to flee combat",
      "word": "karata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dezerṭiroba",
      "sense": "to desert; to flee combat",
      "word": "დეზერტირობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to desert; to flee combat",
      "word": "desertieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to desert; to flee combat",
      "word": "dezertál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to desert; to flee combat",
      "word": "megszökik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to desert; to flee combat",
      "word": "disertare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dezertírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to desert; to flee combat",
      "word": "дезерти́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to desert; to flee combat",
      "word": "dezertirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to desert; to flee combat",
      "word": "dezertirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to join the enemy",
      "word": "overlopen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to join the enemy",
      "word": "loikata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to join the enemy",
      "word": "überlaufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to join the enemy",
      "word": "átáll"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to join the enemy",
      "word": "átpártol"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to join the enemy",
      "word": "transfugiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to join the enemy",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dezerterować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to join the enemy",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdezerterować"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perexodítʹ na stóronu protívnika",
      "sense": "to join the enemy",
      "word": "переходи́ть на сто́рону проти́вника"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to join the enemy",
      "word": "prebeći"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to join the enemy",
      "word": "prebjeći"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to join the enemy",
      "word": "prebegniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to flee one's country and seek asylum",
      "word": "asiel aanvragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to flee one's country and seek asylum",
      "word": "overlopen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to flee one's country and seek asylum",
      "word": "loikata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to flee one's country and seek asylum",
      "word": "paeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "to flee",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to flee one's country and seek asylum",
      "word": "elszökik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "with emphasis on illegality",
      "sense": "to flee one's country and seek asylum",
      "word": "disszidál"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to flee one's country and seek asylum",
      "word": "membelot"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to flee one's country and seek asylum",
      "word": "izbeći"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to flee one's country and seek asylum",
      "word": "izbjeći"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to flee one's country and seek asylum",
      "word": "prebegniti"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "defect"
  ],
  "word": "defect"
}

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