See hot spot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1940 June 21, Charles W[illiam] Tobey, “Further Statement of Thad H. Brown, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C.”, in Nomination of Thad H. Brown: Hearings before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-sixth Congress, Third Session on the Nomination of Thad H. Brown on Reappointment as Federal Communications Commissioner […], Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 81:",
"text": "It has been reported that an entertainment took place not long ago in a certain \"hot spot\" in New York City, and it has been charged that members of the Federal Communications Commission were present; that they got into a drunken brawl; and in the brawl some woman was hurt, her arm twisted.",
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas",
"word": "titik panas"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas",
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas",
"word": "tompok panas"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "part of a forest fire which is burning actively",
"word": "titik panas"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "part of a forest fire which is burning actively",
"word": "tompok panas"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "surface manifestation of a plume that rises from deep in a celestial body’s mantle",
"word": "熱點"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rèdiǎn",
"sense": "surface manifestation of a plume that rises from deep in a celestial body’s mantle",
"word": "热点"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "surface manifestation of a plume that rises from deep in a celestial body’s mantle",
"word": "kuuma kohta"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "surface manifestation of a plume that rises from deep in a celestial body’s mantle",
"word": "kuuma piste"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "surface manifestation of a plume that rises from deep in a celestial body’s mantle",
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"masculine"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "surface manifestation of a plume that rises from deep in a celestial body’s mantle",
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"masculine"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hottosupotto",
"sense": "surface manifestation of a plume that rises from deep in a celestial body’s mantle",
"word": "ホットスポット"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "surface manifestation of a plume that rises from deep in a celestial body’s mantle",
"tags": [
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"word": "varmepunkt"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gorjáčaja tóčka",
"sense": "surface manifestation of a plume that rises from deep in a celestial body’s mantle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "горя́чая то́чка"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "area of high radioactive contamination",
"word": "laskeuma-alue"
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"code": "myv",
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"roman": "pizeke",
"sense": "place notable for a high level of activity or danger",
"word": "пизэке"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "place notable for a high level of activity or danger",
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "place notable for a high level of activity or danger",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "place notable for a high level of activity or danger",
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "place notable for a high level of activity or danger",
"word": "tompok panas"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dangerous place of violent political unrest",
"word": "ruutitynnyri"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dangerous place of violent political unrest",
"word": "kriisipesäke"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "dangerous place of violent political unrest",
"tags": [
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"roman": "gorjáčaja tóčka",
"sense": "dangerous place of violent political unrest",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lively and entertaining place",
"word": "menomesta"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"word": "熱點"
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{
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"roman": "rèdiǎn",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"word": "热点"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"word": "kuuluvuusalue"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"word": "yhteyspiste"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "usadeno ḳavširis zona",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"word": "უსადენო კავშირის ზონა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "Wi-Fi usadeno ḳavširis zona",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"word": "Wi-Fi უსადენო კავშირის ზონა"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "usadeno kseli",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"word": "უსადენო ქსელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "mobiluri usadeno kseli",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"word": "მობილური უსადენო ქსელი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pristapno mesto",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"word": "kawasan khas"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"word": "wāhi hono ipurangi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hotspot"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ponto de acesso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "surfzon"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "uppkopplingszon"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "llecyn Wi-Fi"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "region of a gene in which there is a higher than normal rate of mutation",
"word": "titik panas"
}
],
"word": "hot spot"
}
Download raw JSONL data for hot spot meaning in English (23.8kB)
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"title": "hot spot",
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"called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
"msg": "''A place notable for a high lev'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
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