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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "dials down",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dialing down",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dialling down",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dialed down",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "dialed down",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "dialled down",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "dialled down",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "*",
"past2": "dialled down",
"pres_ptc2": "dialling down"
},
"expansion": "dial down (third-person singular simple present dials down, present participle dialing down or dialling down, simple past and past participle dialed down or dialled down)",
"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"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Let's dial down the anger in this conversation."
},
{
"text": "We felt there was too much graphic detail in the first draft, and thus asked the writer to dial it down."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce or diminish in effect or intensity."
],
"id": "en-dial_down-en-verb-crakLWNF",
"links": [
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
],
[
"diminish",
"diminish"
],
[
"effect",
"effect"
],
[
"intensity",
"intensity"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, transitive) To reduce or diminish in effect or intensity."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "調低"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiáodī",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "调低"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiàngdī",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "降低"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "減少"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "减少"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "vähentää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "vermindern"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "rebajar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "reducir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "menguar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "skala ner"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "minska"
}
]
}
],
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/En-au-dial_down.ogg/En-au-dial_down.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/En-au-dial_down.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "dial down"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "dials down",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dialing down",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dialling down",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dialed down",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "dialed down",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "dialled down",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "dialled down",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "*",
"past2": "dialled down",
"pres_ptc2": "dialling down"
},
"expansion": "dial down (third-person singular simple present dials down, present participle dialing down or dialling down, simple past and past participle dialed down or dialled down)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
"English terms with audio links",
"English transitive verbs",
"English verbs",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Let's dial down the anger in this conversation."
},
{
"text": "We felt there was too much graphic detail in the first draft, and thus asked the writer to dial it down."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce or diminish in effect or intensity."
],
"links": [
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
],
[
"diminish",
"diminish"
],
[
"effect",
"effect"
],
[
"intensity",
"intensity"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, transitive) To reduce or diminish in effect or intensity."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/En-au-dial_down.ogg/En-au-dial_down.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/En-au-dial_down.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "調低"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiáodī",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "调低"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiàngdī",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "降低"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "減少"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "减少"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "vähentää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "vermindern"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "rebajar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "reducir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "menguar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "skala ner"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reduce in intensity",
"word": "minska"
}
],
"word": "dial down"
}
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