"ligature" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪɡət͡ʃɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-ligature.wav [US] Forms: ligatures [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English ligature, from Middle French ligature, from Late Latin ligātūra, from Latin ligātus, past participle of ligāre (“to tie, bind”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leyǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|ligature}} Middle English ligature, {{der|en|frm|ligature}} Middle French ligature, {{der|en|LL.|ligātūra}} Late Latin ligātūra, {{der|en|la|ligātus}} Latin ligātus, {{m|la|ligāre|t=to tie, bind}} ligāre (“to tie, bind”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ligature (countable and uncountable, plural ligatures)
  1. (uncountable) The act of tying or binding something. Tags: uncountable Translations (act of tying): ligaturë (Albanian), лигатура (ligatura) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ligatuur [feminine] (Dutch), verbinding [feminine] (Dutch), sitominen (Finnish), δεσμός (desmós) [masculine] (Greek), lekötés (Hungarian), elkötés (Hungarian), összekötés (Hungarian), legatura [feminine] (Italian), ligātūra [feminine] (Latin), knytting [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), knyting [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ligação [feminine] (Portuguese), legare [feminine] (Romanian), legătură [feminine] (Romanian), лигату́ра (ligatúra) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-r36CGJI7 Disambiguation of 'act of tying': 69 6 3 4 4 4 3 4 4
  2. (countable) A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct. Tags: countable Translations (cord or similar used to tie something): lligada [feminine] (Catalan), lligadura [feminine] (Catalan), afbinding [feminine] (Dutch), band [masculine] (Dutch), verbinding [feminine] (Dutch), ligatuuri (note: in surgery) (Finnish), side (Finnish), sidos (english: generally) (Finnish), Ombinjsel [neuter] (Plautdietsch), frânghie [feminine] (Romanian), șnur [neuter] (Romanian), sfoară [feminine] (Romanian), funie [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-zheyEAxS Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'cord or similar used to tie something': 2 61 15 1 2 2 1 15 1
  3. A thread or wire used to remove tumours, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-dWi-arte
  4. The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-rNZpiBpC
  5. (countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Typography Translations (typography: character that combines multiple letters): ὑφέν (huphén) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), կցագիր (kcʿagir) (Armenian), լիգատուրա (ligatura) (Armenian), যুক্তাক্ষর (juktakkhor) (Bengali), যুক্তবর্ণ (juktoborno) (Bengali), 合字 (hézì) (Chinese Mandarin), slitek [masculine] (Czech), ligatura [feminine] (Czech), ligatur [common-gender] (Danish), ligatuur [feminine] (Dutch), ligatuuri (Finnish), ligature [feminine] (French), ლიგატურა (ligaṭura) (Georgian), Ligatur [feminine] (German), λιγκατούρα (ligkatoúra) [feminine] (Greek), संयुक्ताक्षर (sañyuktākṣar) (Hindi), ligatúra (Hungarian), nasclitir [feminine] (Irish), logotipo [masculine] (Italian), legatura [feminine] (Italian), 合字 (gōji) (Japanese), 합자 (hapja) (Korean), കൂട്ടക്ഷരം (kūṭṭakṣaraṁ) (Malayalam), abbreviatur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), abbreviatur [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ligatura [feminine] (Portuguese), ligatură [feminine] (Romanian), лигату́ра (ligatúra) [feminine] (Russian), вязь (vjazʹ) [feminine] (Russian), лигатура [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ligatura [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ligadura [feminine] (Spanish), ligatur [common-gender] (Swedish), pang-angkop (Tagalog), ตัวแฝด (dtuua-fɛ̀ɛt) (Thai), clymlythyren [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-fBkhvvMQ Topics: media, publishing, typography Disambiguation of 'typography: character that combines multiple letters': 2 3 2 2 79 4 3 3 2
  6. (countable, music) A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase): легато (legato) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ligatuur [feminine] (Dutch), ligatuuri (Finnish), Ligatur [feminine] (German), λιγκατούρα (ligkatoúra) [feminine] (Greek), kötőív (Hungarian), ceangal [masculine] (Irish), abbreviatur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), abbreviatur [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), лигату́ра (ligatúra) [feminine] (Russian), ligatura [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ligadura [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-6ID7ZnYX Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: group of notes played as a musical phrase': 1 3 3 2 2 70 15 3 2
  7. (music) A curve or line connecting notes; a slur. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-Z0w1ygD3 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  8. (countable) A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments. Tags: countable Translations (piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece): ligatuuri (Finnish), kiristin (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-1VxpFZrJ Disambiguation of 'piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece': 1 14 15 1 2 2 2 61 1
  9. Impotence caused by magic or charms. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-noun-7wawyjKb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ligature point Related terms: liaison, ligate, ligation

Verb

IPA: /ˈlɪɡət͡ʃɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-ligature.wav [US] Forms: ligatures [present, singular, third-person], ligaturing [participle, present], ligatured [participle, past], ligatured [past]
Etymology: From Middle English ligature, from Middle French ligature, from Late Latin ligātūra, from Latin ligātus, past participle of ligāre (“to tie, bind”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leyǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|ligature}} Middle English ligature, {{der|en|frm|ligature}} Middle French ligature, {{der|en|LL.|ligātūra}} Late Latin ligātūra, {{der|en|la|ligātus}} Latin ligātus, {{m|la|ligāre|t=to tie, bind}} ligāre (“to tie, bind”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} ligature (third-person singular simple present ligatures, present participle ligaturing, simple past and past participle ligatured)
  1. (surgery) To ligate; to tie. Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-ligature-en-verb-stwKE-zD Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

Inflected forms

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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "æ",
          "æ"
        ],
        [
          "œ",
          "œ"
        ],
        [
          "ß",
          "ß"
        ],
        [
          "ij",
          "ij"
        ],
        [
          "logotype",
          "logotype"
        ],
        [
          "typographic ligature",
          "typographic ligature"
        ]
      ],
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        "(countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "phrase",
          "phrase"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, music) A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A curve or line connecting notes; a slur."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "slur",
          "slur"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A curve or line connecting notes; a slur."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "mouthpiece",
          "mouthpiece"
        ],
        [
          "woodwind",
          "woodwind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Impotence caused by magic or charms."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Impotence",
          "impotence"
        ],
        [
          "magic",
          "magic"
        ],
        [
          "charm",
          "charm"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈlɪɡət͡ʃɚ/",
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        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "word": "ligaturë"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ligatura",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лигатура"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligatuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verbinding"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "word": "sitominen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "desmós",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δεσμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "word": "lekötés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "word": "elkötés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "word": "összekötés"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligātūra"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "knytting"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "knyting"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legătură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ligatúra",
      "sense": "act of tying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лигату́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lligada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lligadura"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afbinding"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "band"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verbinding"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "in surgery",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "word": "ligatuuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "word": "side"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "generally",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "word": "sidos"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ombinjsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frânghie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "șnur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sfoară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cord or similar used to tie something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "funie"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "huphén",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ὑφέν"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kcʿagir",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "կցագիր"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ligatura",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "լիգատուրա"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "juktakkhor",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "যুক্তাক্ষর"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "juktoborno",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "যুক্তবর্ণ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hézì",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "合字"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slitek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ligatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligatuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "ligatuuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligature"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ligaṭura",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "ლიგატურა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ligatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ligkatoúra",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λιγκατούρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sañyuktākṣar",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "संयुक्ताक्षर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "ligatúra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nasclitir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "logotipo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gōji",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "合字"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hapja",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "합자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kūṭṭakṣaraṁ",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "കൂട്ടക്ഷരം"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abbreviatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abbreviatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligatură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ligatúra",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лигату́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vjazʹ",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вязь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лигатура"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligadura"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ligatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "pang-angkop"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtuua-fɛ̀ɛt",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "word": "ตัวแฝด"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "typography: character that combines multiple letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clymlythyren"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "legato",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "легато"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligatuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "word": "ligatuuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ligatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ligkatoúra",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λιγκατούρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "word": "kötőív"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceangal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abbreviatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abbreviatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ligatúra",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лигату́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "music: group of notes played as a musical phrase",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligadura"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece",
      "word": "ligatuuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece",
      "word": "kiristin"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ]
    }
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        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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}

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