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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dicção"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "díkcija",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ди́кция"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "дѝкција"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "dìkcija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dicción"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "söyleyim"
}
],
"word": "diction"
}
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