"exceptional" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/ Audio: en-us-exceptional.ogg [US] Forms: more exceptional [comparative], most exceptional [superlative]
Etymology: exception + -al Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{affix|en|exception|-al}} exception + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} exceptional (comparative more exceptional, superlative most exceptional)
  1. Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. Translations (forming an exception): اِسْتِثْنَائِيّ (istiṯnāʔiyy) (Arabic), esceicional (Asturian), müstəsna (Azerbaijani), вынятко́вы (vynjatkóvy) (Belarusian), изключи́телен (izključítelen) (Bulgarian), excepcional (Catalan), 異常 (Chinese Mandarin), 异常 (yìcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), 特異 (Chinese Mandarin), 特异 (tèyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 特殊 (tèshū) (Chinese Mandarin), 特別 (Chinese Mandarin), 特别 (tèbié) (Chinese Mandarin), 例外 (lìwài) (Chinese Mandarin), výjimečný [masculine] (Czech), eksceptionel (Danish), ganske særlig (Danish), ekstraordinær (Danish), buitengewoon (Dutch), exceptioneel (Dutch), uitzonderlijk (Dutch), escepta (Esperanto), poikkeuksellinen (Finnish), harvinainen (Finnish), tavaton (Finnish), exceptionnel (French), außergewöhnlich (German), εξαιρετικός (exairetikós) [masculine] (Greek), kivételes (Hungarian), rendkívüli (Hungarian), eisceachtúil (Irish), eccezionale (Italian), 特殊な (tokushu na) (Japanese), 特異な (tokui na) (Japanese), 特別な (tokubetsu na) (Japanese), 例外的な (reigaiteki na) (Japanese), eximius (Latin), исклучителен (isklučitelen) (Macedonian), അസാധാരണ (asādhāraṇa) (Malayalam), eksepsjonell (Norwegian Bokmål), eksepsjonell (Norwegian Nynorsk), wyjątkowy [masculine] (Polish), excepcional (Portuguese), excecional [Portugal] (Portuguese), исключи́тельный (isključítelʹnyj) (Russian), air leth (Scottish Gaelic), изузетан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), izuzetan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), výnimočný (Slovak), izjemen (Slovene), excepcional (Spanish), винятко́вий (vynjatkóvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-exceptional-en-adj-sV11vzHk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 19 29 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 30 22 20 28 Disambiguation of 'forming an exception': 81 14 5
  2. Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity. Translations (superior due to exception or rarity): اِسْتِثْنَائِيّ (istiṯnāʔiyy) (Arabic), müstəsna (Azerbaijani), вынятко́вы (vynjatkóvy) (Belarusian), адме́нны (admjénny) (Belarusian), адме́тны (admjétny) (Belarusian), отли́чен (otlíčen) (Bulgarian), изключи́телен (izključítelen) (Bulgarian), excepcional (Catalan), 優越 (Chinese Mandarin), 优越 (yōuyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), 傑出 (Chinese Mandarin), 杰出 (jiéchū) (Chinese Mandarin), 優異 (Chinese Mandarin), 优异 (yōuyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 非凡 (fēifán) (Chinese Mandarin), 超群 (chāoqún) (Chinese Mandarin), výjimečný [masculine] (Czech), enestående (Danish), eksceptionel (Danish), poikkeuksellinen (Finnish), erinomainen (Finnish), exceptionnel (French), famôs (Friulian), außergewöhnlich (German), εξαιρετικός (exairetikós) [masculine] (Greek), מְצֻיָּן (metzuyyán) [masculine] (Hebrew), kivételes (Hungarian), rendkívüli (Hungarian), eisceachtúil (Irish), eccezionale (Italian), 並外れた (namihazureta) (Japanese), 別格の (bekkaku no) (Japanese), 非凡な (hibon na) (Japanese), eximius (Latin), അസാധാരണ (asādhāraṇa) (Malayalam), inati (Maori), eksepsjonell (Norwegian Bokmål), eksepsjonell (Norwegian Nynorsk), wyjątkowy [masculine] (Polish), excepcional (Portuguese), excecional [Portugal] (Portuguese), исключи́тельный (isključítelʹnyj) (Russian), отли́чный (otlíčnyj) (Russian), air leth (Scottish Gaelic), excepcional (Spanish), винятко́вий (vynjatkóvyj) (Ukrainian), відмі́нний (vidmínnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-exceptional-en-adj-eUUgEGMU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 19 29 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 30 22 20 28 Disambiguation of 'superior due to exception or rarity': 12 87 2
  3. (geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence. Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-exceptional-en-adj-6UzTnzrt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 19 29 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 30 22 20 28 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: egregious (english: most often used negatively, however) Derived forms: dual-exceptional, exceptional case-marking, exceptionalism, exceptionally, exceptional space, exceptional zero, twice-exceptional

Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/ Audio: en-us-exceptional.ogg [US] Forms: exceptionals [plural]
Etymology: exception + -al Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{affix|en|exception|-al}} exception + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} exceptional (plural exceptionals)
  1. An exception, or something having an exceptional value
    Sense id: en-exceptional-en-noun-3cRh7RuG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 19 29 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 30 22 20 28

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Czech",
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          "code": "da",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "uitzonderlijk"
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          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "escepta"
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          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "poikkeuksellinen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "harvinainen"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "tavaton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "exceptionnel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "außergewöhnlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "exairetikós",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "εξαιρετικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "kivételes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "rendkívüli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "eisceachtúil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "eccezionale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tokushu na",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "特殊な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tokui na",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tokubetsu na",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "reigaiteki na",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "例外的な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "eximius"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "isklučitelen",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "исклучителен"
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          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "asādhāraṇa",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "അസാധാരണ"
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          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "eksepsjonell"
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          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "eksepsjonell"
        },
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          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "wyjątkowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "excepcional"
        },
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          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "excecional"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "isključítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "исключи́тельный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "air leth"
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          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "изузетан"
        },
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          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "izuzetan"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "výnimočný"
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          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "izjemen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "excepcional"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 14 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vynjatkóvyj",
          "sense": "forming an exception",
          "word": "винятко́вий"
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          "_dis1": "12 87 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "istiṯnāʔiyy",
          "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
          "word": "اِسْتِثْنَائِيّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 87 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
          "word": "müstəsna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 87 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vynjatkóvy",
          "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
          "word": "вынятко́вы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 87 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "admjénny",
          "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
          "word": "адме́нны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 87 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "admjétny",
          "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
          "word": "адме́тны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 87 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otlíčen",
          "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
          "word": "отли́чен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 87 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izključítelen",
          "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
          "word": "изключи́телен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 87 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
          "word": "excepcional"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 87 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
          "word": "優越"
        },
        {
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "eccezionale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tokushu na",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "特殊な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tokui na",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "特異な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tokubetsu na",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "特別な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "reigaiteki na",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "例外的な"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "eximius"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "isklučitelen",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "исклучителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "asādhāraṇa",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "അസാധാരണ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "eksepsjonell"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "eksepsjonell"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wyjątkowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "excepcional"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "excecional"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "isključítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "исключи́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "air leth"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "изузетан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "izuzetan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "výnimočný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "izjemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "excepcional"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vynjatkóvyj",
      "sense": "forming an exception",
      "word": "винятко́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "istiṯnāʔiyy",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "اِسْتِثْنَائِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "müstəsna"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vynjatkóvy",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "вынятко́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "admjénny",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "адме́нны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "admjétny",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "адме́тны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otlíčen",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "отли́чен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izključítelen",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "изключи́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "excepcional"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "優越"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōuyuè",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "优越"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "傑出"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiéchū",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "杰出"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "優異"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōuyì",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "优异"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēifán",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "非凡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chāoqún",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "超群"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "výjimečný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "enestående"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "eksceptionel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "poikkeuksellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "erinomainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "exceptionnel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "famôs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "außergewöhnlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exairetikós",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εξαιρετικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "metzuyyán",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מְצֻיָּן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "kivételes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "rendkívüli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "eisceachtúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "eccezionale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "namihazureta",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "並外れた"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bekkaku no",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "別格の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hibon na",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "非凡な"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "eximius"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "asādhāraṇa",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "അസാധാരണ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "inati"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "eksepsjonell"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "eksepsjonell"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wyjątkowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "excepcional"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "excecional"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "isključítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "исключи́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otlíčnyj",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "отли́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "air leth"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "excepcional"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vynjatkóvyj",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "винятко́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidmínnyj",
      "sense": "superior due to exception or rarity",
      "word": "відмі́нний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exceptional"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂p-",
    "English terms suffixed with -al",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "exception + -al",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1909, Pediatrics, volume 21, page 276",
          "text": "Above and beyond all these exceptionals, by reason of divergencies from the norms of mental and of physical status, there are quite a number of moral defectives.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "An exception, or something having an exceptional value"
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        ]
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      "ipa": "/ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/En-us-exceptional.ogg/En-us-exceptional.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/En-us-exceptional.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exceptional"
}

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