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"word": "ექსპოზიცია"
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"sense": "action of putting something out to public view",
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"tags": [
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"word": "вы́ставка"
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výstavka",
"sense": "action of putting something out to public view",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ви́ставка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ekspozýcija",
"sense": "action of putting something out to public view",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "експози́ція"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "action of putting something out to public view",
"word": "sự phơi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "action of putting something out to public view",
"word": "sự phơi bày"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "action of putting something out to public view",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espôzucion"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "boẏan",
"sense": "action of declaring or describing",
"word": "বয়ান"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opisanie",
"sense": "action of declaring or describing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "описание"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "action of declaring or describing",
"word": "esittely"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ékthesi",
"sense": "action of declaring or describing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "έκθεση"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "action of declaring or describing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ceartú"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "action of declaring or describing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "redogörelse"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "action of declaring or describing",
"word": "beyan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "action of declaring or describing",
"word": "serim"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "action of declaring or describing",
"word": "yorumlama"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "boẏan",
"sense": "essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail",
"word": "বয়ান"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "komentar",
"sense": "essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "коментар"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "výklad"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail",
"word": "esitelmä"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ékthesi",
"sense": "essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "έκθεση"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "mazmūndama",
"sense": "essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail",
"word": "мазмұндама"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izlaganje",
"sense": "essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "излагање"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izložuvanje",
"sense": "essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "изложување"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "expunere"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "redogörelse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "utläggning"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail",
"word": "yorum"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fiction: opening section",
"word": "esittely"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fiction: opening section",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Einführung"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fiction: opening section",
"word": "giriş"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéngshìbù",
"sense": "music: opening section of a fugue",
"word": "呈示部"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "music: opening section of a fugue",
"word": "esittely"
},
{
"alt": "ていじぶ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "teijibu",
"sense": "music: opening section of a fugue",
"word": "提示部"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "music: opening section of a fugue",
"word": "излагање теме"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "music: opening section of a fugue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "експозиција"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "music: opening section of a fugue",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ekspozicija"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"exposition"
],
"word": "exposition"
}
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