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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "leaves to chance",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "leaving to chance",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "left to chance",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "left to chance",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "leave<,,left> to chance"
},
"expansion": "leave to chance (third-person singular simple present leaves to chance, present participle leaving to chance, simple past and past participle left to chance)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"Terms by semantic function"
],
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},
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}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "to leave nothing to chance",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "You shouldn't leave that to chance.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not to take care of something; not to plan for something."
],
"id": "en-leave_to_chance-en-verb-gR56N5Xg",
"links": [
[
"take care",
"take care"
],
[
"plan",
"plan"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, chiefly in the negative) Not to take care of something; not to plan for something."
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the negative"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "leave to one's own devices"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "overlade til tilfældighederne"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "aan het toeval overlaten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "jättää sattuman varaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "laisser au hasard"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "dem Zufall überlassen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "lasciare al caso"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zostawiać losowi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zostawić losowi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zostawiać przypadkowi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zostawić przypadkowi"
}
]
}
],
"word": "leave to chance"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "leaves to chance",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "leaving to chance",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "left to chance",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "left to chance",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "leave<,,left> to chance"
},
"expansion": "leave to chance (third-person singular simple present leaves to chance, present participle leaving to chance, simple past and past participle left to chance)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "leave to one's own devices"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English negative polarity items",
"English terms with collocations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs",
"English verbs",
"Translation table header lacks gloss"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to leave nothing to chance",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "You shouldn't leave that to chance.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not to take care of something; not to plan for something."
],
"links": [
[
"take care",
"take care"
],
[
"plan",
"plan"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, chiefly in the negative) Not to take care of something; not to plan for something."
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the negative"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "overlade til tilfældighederne"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "aan het toeval overlaten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "jättää sattuman varaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "laisser au hasard"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "dem Zufall überlassen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "lasciare al caso"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zostawiać losowi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zostawić losowi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zostawiać przypadkowi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zostawić przypadkowi"
}
],
"word": "leave to chance"
}
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