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"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"word": "grootte"
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"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"word": "suuruus"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"word": "grandeur"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sidiade",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"word": "Größe"
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"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "mikildūþs",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"word": "𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌿𐌸𐍃"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "megaleío",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"word": "μεγαλείο"
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"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "mahāntā",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "mahimā",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "baṛappan",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"word": "बड़प्पन"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"word": "nagyság"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"word": "grandezza"
},
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"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "gewreyî",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"word": "گەورەیی"
},
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"word": "magnitudo"
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"roman": "velíčie",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"word": "вели́чие"
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"roman": "velíčavost",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"roman": "velíčina",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"word": "storhet"
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"code": "ota",
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"roman": "büyüklük",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"word": "بیوكلك"
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"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"roman": "'azamat",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"word": "عظمت"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "wielkość"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "grandeza"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "măreție"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"word": "grandoare"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"word": "mărire"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "mărime"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "velíčije",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "вели́чие"
},
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"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "mahas",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"neuter"
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"word": "महस्"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "meudachd"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "veľkosť"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "grandeza"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"code": "tg",
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"roman": "azamat",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"word": "азамат"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "goppatanaṁ",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"word": "గొప్పతనం"
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vélyč",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"word": "ве́лич"
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"roman": "velýččja",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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"neuter"
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"word": "вели́ччя"
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"roman": "velýčnistʹ",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
"tags": [
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"word": "вели́чність"
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"roman": "velýkistʹ",
"sense": "The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc",
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