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{
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"word": "entertainer"
},
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"word": "entertaining"
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"word": "entertainment"
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"2": "ine-pro",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "enm",
"3": "entertenen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English entertenen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "frm",
"3": "entretenir"
},
"expansion": "Middle French entretenir",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "fro",
"3": "entretenir"
},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "la",
"3": "inter"
},
"expansion": "Latin inter",
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "entretien"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English entertenen, from Middle French entretenir, from Old French entretenir, from entre (“among”) + tenir (“to hold”), from Latin inter + teneō (“hold, keep”). For the noun, compare French entretien.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "entertains",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "entertaining",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "entertained",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "entertained",
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"past"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "entertain (third-person singular simple present entertains, present participle entertaining, simple past and past participle entertained)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"en‧ter‧tain"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to entertain friends with lively conversation",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The motivational speaker not only instructed but also entertained the audience.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "əyləndirmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zabaŭljácʹ",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "забаўля́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bávicʹ",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ба́віць"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zabavljávam",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "забавля́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razvličám",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "развлича́м"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "entretenir"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "divertir"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "distreure"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "didhana"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bavit"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "underholde"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "fornøje"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "vermaken"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "amuseren"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "amuzi"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "regali"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "lõbustama"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "viihdyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "divertir"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "unterhalten"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "bidér",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "בידר"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "szórakoztat"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "amuzar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "déan siamsa do"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "cuir siamsaíocht ar fáil do"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "ar·peti"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "divertire"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "anima"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "animá"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "remittor"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "oblectō"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zabavuva",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "забавува"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "whakangahau"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "whakapārekareka"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "adbertir"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "antretener"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bawić"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zabawiać"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "divertir"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "entreter"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "distra"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvlekátʹ",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "развлека́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvléčʹ",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "развле́чь"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zabavljátʹ",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "забавля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pozabávitʹ",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "позаба́вить"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "за̀бављати"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "за̀бавити"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zàbavljati"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "zàbaviti"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "baviť"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zabávať"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zabavati"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "divertir"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "entretener"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "tumbuiza"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "underhålla"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "roa"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozvažáty",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "розважа́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zabavljáty",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "забавля́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bávyty",
"sense": "to amuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ба́вити"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 6 4 2 7",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to amuse",
"word": "diddori"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They enjoy entertaining a lot.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive and intransitive) To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "priemam gosti",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приемам гости"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"word": "beværte"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"word": "traktere"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"word": "ontvangen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"word": "recevoir"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hestiáō",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"word": "ἑστιάω"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "eréakh",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"word": "ארח"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"word": "vendégül lát"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"word": "oblecto"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"word": "whakamanuhiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"word": "whakamanuwhiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bawić"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gościć"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 42 28 15 3 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinimátʹ gostéj",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "принима́ть госте́й"
}
]
},
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"_dis": "4 17 3 3 59 2 5 6",
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{
"text": "The committee would like to entertain the idea of reducing the budget figures.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "to entertain a proposal",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1851, Thomas De Quincey, Literary Reminiscences",
"text": "I am not here going to entertain so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind."
],
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"(transitive) To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind."
],
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"transitive"
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"_dis1": "3 1 88 3 1 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "tage under overvejelse"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 88 3 1 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "lege med idéen om"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 88 3 1 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "esplori"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 88 3 1 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "konsideri"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 88 3 1 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "pripensi"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 88 3 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "megfontol"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 88 3 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "fontolóra vesz"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 88 3 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "foglalkozik a gondolattal"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 88 3 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "eljátszik a gondolattal"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 88 3 1 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wziąć pod uwagę"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 88 3 1 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "brać pod uwagę"
}
]
},
{
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"glosses": [
"To take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1860, British Parliament, Naval Discipline Act, page 1069",
"text": "Penalty for entertaining a Deserter",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To meet or encounter, as an enemy."
],
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"(obsolete) To meet or encounter, as an enemy."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To lead on; to bring along; to introduce."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌɛntɚˈteɪn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˌɛɾ̃ɚˈtʰeɪn]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪn"
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"sense": "to have over at one's home",
"tags": [
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"word": "bawić"
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "gościć"
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"roman": "prinimátʹ gostéj",
"sense": "to have over at one's home",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "принима́ть госте́й"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "tage under overvejelse"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "lege med idéen om"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "esplori"
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{
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "konsideri"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "pripensi"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "megfontol"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "fontolóra vesz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "foglalkozik a gondolattal"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"word": "eljátszik a gondolattal"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
"tags": [
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"word": "wziąć pod uwagę"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to receive and take into consideration",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "brać pod uwagę"
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],
"word": "entertain"
}
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"Entertainment; pleasure."
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"(obsolete) Reception of a guest; welcome."
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"word": "entertaine"
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"word": "entertain"
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