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"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) A guiding tenet or principle."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Law"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1992, Richard L. Marcus, Complex litigation: cases and materials on advanced civil procedure:",
"text": "Many, though not all, of the objections to lodestars seem to us to be overstated.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A calculated amount to award as attorney's fees derived by multiplying the reasonable number of hours spent working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate."
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"calculate",
"calculate"
],
[
"amount",
"amount"
],
[
"attorney",
"attorney"
],
[
"billing",
"billing"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) A calculated amount to award as attorney's fees derived by multiplying the reasonable number of hours spent working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate."
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈləʊd.stɑː(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈloʊd.stɑɹ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈləʉd.staː(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lode starre (16th century)"
},
{
"word": "loadstar"
},
{
"word": "cynosure"
},
{
"word": "guiding star"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pǎtevodna zvezda",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пътеводна звезда"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐshì fāngxiàng zhī xīng",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"word": "指示方向之星"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"word": "北極星"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Běijíxīng",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"word": "北极星"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Běichén",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "北辰"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ledestjerne"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poolster"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leidster"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"word": "johtotähti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "étoile polaire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Leitstern"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Hokkyokusei",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"word": "北極星"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Porarisu",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"word": "ポラリス"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ledestjerne"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"word": "ستاره قطبی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gwiazda polarna"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gwiazda przewodnia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "putevódnaja zvezdá",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "путево́дная звезда́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "zv(ij)ezda vodilja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"word": "ledstjärna"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"word": "sao bắc cực"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "star used as navigation reference",
"word": "𣋀北極"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"word": "指導原理"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐdǎo yuánlǐ",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"word": "指导原理"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ledestjerne"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leidster"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"word": "johtotähti"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Leitstern"
},
{
"alt": "しどうげんり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shidō kenri",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"word": "指導原理"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ledestjerne"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gwiazda przewodnia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estrela guia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stea călăuzitoare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "putevódnaja zvezdá",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "путево́дная звезда́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zv(ij)ezda vodilja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "guiding tenet",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ledstjärna"
}
],
"word": "lodestar"
}
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