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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gambiṭi",
"sense": "chess move",
"word": "გამბიტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "chess move",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gambit"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "chess move",
"word": "gamabita"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "chess move",
"word": "vezércsel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "chess move",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gambetto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gyanbitto",
"sense": "chess move",
"word": "ギャンビット"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "gambit",
"sense": "chess move",
"word": "гамбит"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "gambit",
"sense": "chess move",
"word": "гамбит"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "chess move",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gambit"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gambit",
"sense": "chess move",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гамбит"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "chess move",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gambit"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gâmbi",
"sense": "chess move",
"word": "گامبی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "chess move",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gambit"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "chess move",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gambito"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gambít",
"sense": "chess move",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гамби́т"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "chess move",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gambit"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "chess move",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gambito"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "paliyāṭṭam",
"sense": "chess move",
"word": "பலியாட்டம்"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ploy",
"word": "taktiikka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ploy",
"word": "juoni"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ploy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stratagème"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ploy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gambit"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ploy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jogada"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ploy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estratagema"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gambít",
"sense": "ploy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гамби́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ulóvka",
"sense": "ploy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "уло́вка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ploy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estratagema"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "conversation opener",
"word": "keskustelunavaus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "conversation opener",
"word": "avaus"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "conversation opener",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tema"
}
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"Gambit (disambiguation)"
],
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"name": "bor"
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{
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"t": "leg"
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"name": "der"
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"2": "LL.",
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"form": "gambits",
"tags": [
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"singular",
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},
{
"form": "gambiting",
"tags": [
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"past"
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"To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage."
],
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[
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"(chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage."
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"ipa": "/ˈɡæmbɪt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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},
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"rhymes": "-æmbɪt"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/En-us-gambit.ogg",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"word": "gambett"
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"Gambit (disambiguation)"
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