"finite" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/ [General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfaɪ.nʌɪt/ [Canada], /ˈfɑɪ.nɑɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-us-finite.ogg Forms: more finite [comparative], most finite [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“I finish; I terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ. The noun is derived from the adjective. Etymology templates: {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{inh|en|enm|fynyte}} Middle English fynyte, {{der|en|la|fīnītus}} Latin fīnītus, {{noncog|ang|ġeendodlīċ}} Old English ġeendodlīċ, {{glossary|noun}} noun Head templates: {{en-adj}} finite (comparative more finite, superlative most finite)
  1. Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number. Synonyms: limited Translations (having an end or limit): кра́ен (kráen) (Bulgarian), ограни́чен (ograníčen) (Bulgarian), finit (Catalan), 有限的 (yǒuxiàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), konečný [masculine] (Czech), endelig (Danish), eindig (Dutch), lõplik (Estonian), äärellinen (Finnish), päättyvä (Finnish), rajallinen (Finnish), fini (French), სასრული (sasruli) (Georgian), endlich (German), πεπερασμένος (peperasménos) [masculine] (Greek), véges (Hungarian), finito (Italian), 限られた (kagirareta) (Japanese), 有限な (yūgen na) (Japanese), 有限の (yūgen no) (Japanese), fīnītus (Latin), tāparepare (Maori), whatungarongaro (english: refers to resources) (Maori), endelig (Norwegian), avsluttet (Norwegian), ġeendodlīċ (Old English), skończony [masculine] (Polish), ograniczony [masculine] (Polish), finito (Portuguese), finit (Romanian), limitat (Romanian), care are limită (Romanian), коне́чный (konéčnyj) (Russian), ограни́ченный (ograníčennyj) (Russian), ко̀начан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), огра̀ничен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kònačan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ogràničen [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), limitado (Spanish), finito (Spanish), ändlig (Swedish), begränsad (Swedish), förgänglig (Swedish), hangganin (Tagalog), sınırlı (Turkish), скінче́нний (skinčénnyj) (Ukrainian), обме́жений (obméženyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-finite-en-adj-n8seRBKr Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 38 44 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 12 39 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 12 39 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 39 47 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 12 39 46 3 Disambiguation of 'having an end or limit': 94 3 2
  2. (grammar, as opposed to infinite or nonfinite) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (grammar: limited by person or number): finit (Catalan), personal (Catalan), 限定的 (Chinese Mandarin), finiittinen (Finnish), fini (French), określony (Polish), personal (Spanish), finit (Swedish), hangganin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-finite-en-adj-h7lVpi1R Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 38 44 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 12 39 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 12 39 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 13 48 37 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 39 47 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 12 39 46 3 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar: limited by person or number': 22 65 12
  3. (ring theory, of a module (or algebra) over a ring) finitely generated (as a module). Categories (topical): Algebra
    Sense id: en-finite-en-adj-YTDqQs0z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 23 70 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 14 70 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 19 63 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 14 19 62 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 38 44 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 10 14 73 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 16 65 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 12 39 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 19 62 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 16 68 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 12 39 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 16 65 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 11 18 69 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 29 59 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 14 71 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 14 71 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 10 14 71 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 22 62 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 14 19 62 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 14 19 62 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 20 60 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 39 47 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 14 19 62 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 14 71 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 12 39 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 14 73 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 19 64 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 14 19 62 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 13 19 64 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 14 19 62 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: finis, finitude, finity, finitely, finiteness, finite verb, infinite, infiniteness, infinitude, transfinite

Noun

IPA: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/ [General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfaɪ.nʌɪt/ [Canada], /ˈfɑɪ.nɑɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-us-finite.ogg Forms: finites [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“I finish; I terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ. The noun is derived from the adjective. Etymology templates: {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{inh|en|enm|fynyte}} Middle English fynyte, {{der|en|la|fīnītus}} Latin fīnītus, {{noncog|ang|ġeendodlīċ}} Old English ġeendodlīċ, {{glossary|noun}} noun Head templates: {{en-noun}} finite (plural finites)
  1. A thing which has an end or limit.
    Sense id: en-finite-en-noun-3XRArZYq

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "endless"
    },
    {
      "word": "eternal"
    },
    {
      "word": "everlasting"
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      "word": "finite set"
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      "word": "finite-state machine"
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      "word": "finite state machine"
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "kráen",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "кра́ен"
        },
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          "word": "ограни́чен"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "finit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒuxiàn de",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "有限的"
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        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
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        {
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "endelig"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "eindig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "lõplik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "äärellinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "päättyvä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "rajallinen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "fini"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sasruli",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "სასრული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "endlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "peperasménos",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "πεπερασμένος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "véges"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "finito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kagirareta",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "限られた"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yūgen na",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "有限な"
        },
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          "word": "有限の"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "fīnītus"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "tāparepare"
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          "code": "mi",
          "english": "refers to resources",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "whatungarongaro"
        },
        {
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "endelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "avsluttet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "ġeendodlīċ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "skończony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ograniczony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "limitat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "care are limită"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "konéčnyj",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "коне́чный"
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        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ograníčennyj",
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          "word": "ограни́ченный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ко̀начан"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
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          "word": "kònačan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "having an end or limit",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "limitado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "finito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "ändlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "begränsad"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "förgänglig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "hangganin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "sınırlı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skinčénnyj",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "скінче́нний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "obméženyj",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "обме́жений"
        }
      ]
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "finit"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǒuxiàn de",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "有限的"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
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      "word": "konečný"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "endelig"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "eindig"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "lõplik"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "äärellinen"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "päättyvä"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "rajallinen"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "fini"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sasruli",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "სასრული"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "endlich"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "véges"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "finito"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kagirareta",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "限られた"
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      "roman": "yūgen na",
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      "word": "有限の"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "fīnītus"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "tāparepare"
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "whatungarongaro"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "endelig"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "avsluttet"
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "ġeendodlīċ"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
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      "word": "skończony"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
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      "word": "ograniczony"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "finito"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "finit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "limitat"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "care are limită"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "konéčnyj",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "коне́чный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograníčennyj",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "ограни́ченный"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
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      "word": "ко̀начан"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "огра̀ничен"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "limitado"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "ändlig"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "begränsad"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "hangganin"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "sınırlı"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "skinčénnyj",
      "sense": "having an end or limit",
      "word": "скінче́нний"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "grammar: limited by person or number",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "tl",
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