"indispensable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-indispensable.wav Forms: more indispensable [comparative], most indispensable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French indispensable, from Medieval Latin indispensābilis, corresponding to in- + dispensable. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|indispensable}} Middle French indispensable, {{der|en|ML.|indispensābilis}} Medieval Latin indispensābilis, {{prefix|en|in|dispensable}} in- + dispensable Head templates: {{en-adj}} indispensable (comparative more indispensable, superlative most indispensable)
  1. (ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules. Tags: obsolete Translations (not dispensable): indispensable (Asturian), незаме́нны (njezamjénny) (Belarusian), неабхо́дны (njeabxódny) (Belarusian), অত্যাবশ্যক (ottabośśok) (Bengali), অতি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ (oti guruttopurno) (Bengali), অতি প্রয়োজনীয় (oti proẏōjoniẏo) (Bengali), অতি জরুরি (oti joruri) (Bengali), indispensable (Catalan), onmisbaar (Dutch), välttämätön (Finnish), korvaamaton (Finnish), indispensable (French), indispensábel (Galician), indispensable (Galician), imprescindíbel (Galician), imprescindible (Galician), აუცილებელი (aucilebeli) (Georgian), unverzichtbar (German), kihagyhatatlan (Hungarian), elmaradhatatlan (Hungarian), nélkülözhetetlen (Hungarian), elengedhetetlen (Hungarian), indispensabile (Interlingua), indispensabile (Italian), niezbędny (Polish), nieodzowny (Polish), indispensável (Portuguese), indispensabil (Romanian), незамени́мый (lit.: irreplaceable) (Russian), необходи́мый (neobxodímyj) (Russian), nepostrádateľný [masculine] (Slovak), indispensable (Spanish), oumbärlig (Swedish), oundgänglig (Swedish), omistlig (Swedish), незамі́нний (nezamínnyj) (Ukrainian), необхі́дний (neobxídnyj) (Ukrainian) Translations (not subject to exemption): недопускащ изключения (nedopuskašt izključenija) (Bulgarian), 必不可少的 (Chinese Mandarin), nepostradatelný [masculine] (Czech), onmisbaar (Dutch), ehdoton (Finnish), ausnahmlos (German), grundsätzlich (German), uten unntak (Norwegian Bokmål), unntaksløs (Norwegian Bokmål), unntakslaus (Norwegian Bokmål), utan unnatak (Norwegian Nynorsk), indispensável (Portuguese), indispensabil (Romanian), неотъе́млемый (neotʺjémlemyj) (Russian), neophodan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), indispensable (Spanish), istisnasız (Turkish), muafiyetsiz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-indispensable-en-adj-KzeykgRs Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'not dispensable': 59 10 31 Disambiguation of 'not subject to exemption': 83 8 9
  2. (of duties, rules etc.) Unbendable, that cannot be set aside or ignored.
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  3. Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without. Translations (absolutely necessary): абавязко́вы (abavjazkóvy) (Belarusian), অত্যাবশ্যক (ottabośśok) (Bengali), অতি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ (oti guruttopurno) (Bengali), অতি প্রয়োজনীয় (oti proẏōjoniẏo) (Bengali), অতি জরুরি (oti joruri) (Bengali), необходим (neobhodim) (Bulgarian), indispensable (Catalan), 必要的 (Chinese Mandarin), onontbeerlijk (Dutch), olennainen (Finnish), välttämätön (Finnish), indispensable (French), unabdingbar (German), unabkömmlich (German), unentbehrlich (German), unerlässlich (German), unverzichtbar (German), αναντικατάστατος (anantikatástatos) (Greek), riachtanach (Irish), uunnværlig (Norwegian Bokmål), uunnverleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), indispensável (Portuguese), imprescindível (Portuguese), необходи́мый (neobxodímyj) (Russian), непрело́жный (neprelóžnyj) (Russian), обяза́тельный (objazátelʹnyj) (Russian), nutné [neuter] (Slovak), nevyhnutne potrebné [neuter] (Slovak), neodmysliteľný [masculine] (Slovak), imprescindible (Spanish), indispensable (Spanish), oumbärlig (Swedish), elzem (Turkish), zaruri (Turkish), обов'язко́вий (obovʺjazkóvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-indispensable-en-adj-tWRfJLFG Disambiguation of 'absolutely necessary': 6 2 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: indispensability, indispensable nation, indispensableness, indispensably

Noun

IPA: /ɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-indispensable.wav Forms: indispensables [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French indispensable, from Medieval Latin indispensābilis, corresponding to in- + dispensable. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|indispensable}} Middle French indispensable, {{der|en|ML.|indispensābilis}} Medieval Latin indispensābilis, {{prefix|en|in|dispensable}} in- + dispensable Head templates: {{en-noun}} indispensable (plural indispensables)
  1. A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity.
    Sense id: en-indispensable-en-noun-GKHxqhtH
  2. (in the plural, colloquial, dated) Trousers. Tags: colloquial, dated, in-plural
    Sense id: en-indispensable-en-noun-qlXN95~T

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "välttämätön"
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          "roman": "aucilebeli",
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          "word": "აუცილებელი"
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          "word": "nélkülözhetetlen"
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          "word": "niezbędny"
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          "word": "oumbärlig"
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          "word": "omistlig"
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          "roman": "nedopuskašt izključenija",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "ausnahmlos"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "grundsätzlich"
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          "_dis1": "83 8 9",
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          "roman": "neotʺjémlemyj",
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          "word": "неотъе́млемый"
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      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "незаме́нны"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "lang": "Bengali",
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      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "অত্যাবশ্যক"
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "oti guruttopurno",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "অতি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "oti proẏōjoniẏo",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "অতি প্রয়োজনীয়"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "oti joruri",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "অতি জরুরি"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "onmisbaar"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "välttämätön"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "korvaamaton"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
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      "sense": "not dispensable",
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aucilebeli",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "აუცილებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "unverzichtbar"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "kihagyhatatlan"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "elmaradhatatlan"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "nélkülözhetetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "elengedhetetlen"
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      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "indispensabile"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "indispensabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "niezbędny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "nieodzowny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "indispensável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "indispensabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lit.: irreplaceable",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "незамени́мый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neobxodímyj",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "необходи́мый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "nepostrádateľný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "indispensable"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "oumbärlig"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "oundgänglig"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "omistlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nezamínnyj",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "незамі́нний"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "neobxídnyj",
      "sense": "not dispensable",
      "word": "необхі́дний"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nedopuskašt izključenija",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "недопускащ изключения"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "必不可少的"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nepostradatelný"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "onmisbaar"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "ehdoton"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "ausnahmlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "grundsätzlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "uten unntak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "unntaksløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "unntakslaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "utan unnatak"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "indispensável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "indispensabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neotʺjémlemyj",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "неотъе́млемый"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "neophodan"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "indispensable"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "istisnasız"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not subject to exemption",
      "word": "muafiyetsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abavjazkóvy",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "абавязко́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ottabośśok",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "অত্যাবশ্যক"
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    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "oti guruttopurno",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "অতি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "oti proẏōjoniẏo",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "অতি প্রয়োজনীয়"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "oti joruri",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "অতি জরুরি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neobhodim",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "необходим"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "indispensable"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "必要的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "onontbeerlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "olennainen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "välttämätön"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "indispensable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "unabdingbar"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "unentbehrlich"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "unerlässlich"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "unverzichtbar"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "riachtanach"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "uunnværlig"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "word": "uunnverleg"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "indispensável"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "imprescindível"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "необходи́мый"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "непрело́жный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "обяза́тельный"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "absolutely necessary",
      "word": "zaruri"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "word": "обов'язко́вий"
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