See glob in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Rhymes:English/ɑb/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:English/ɒb",
"Rhymes:English/ɒb/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Originates from the early (c. 1970) Unix command glob; short for global.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "globs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "globbing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "globbed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "globbed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Programming"
],
"glosses": [
"To carry out pattern matching using a glob."
],
"links": [
[
"programming",
"programming#Noun"
],
[
"glob",
"#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"programming",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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{
"audio": "en-us-glob.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d5/En-us-glob.ogg/En-us-glob.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/En-us-glob.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡlɑb/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡlɒb/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑb"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒb"
}
],
"word": "glob"
}
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