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"antonyms": [
{
"word": "auxiliary verb"
},
{
"word": "helping verb"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "main verbs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "main verb (plural main verbs)",
"name": "en-noun"
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Grammar",
"orig": "en:Grammar",
"parents": [
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"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"The verb in a clause with the highest semantic content."
],
"id": "en-main_verb-en-noun-fKMzQsjL",
"links": [
[
"grammar",
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],
[
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"clause"
],
[
"semantic",
"semantic"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(grammar) The verb in a clause with the highest semantic content."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "full verb"
},
{
"word": "lexical verb"
}
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hoofdwerkwoord"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"word": "pääverbi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verbe principal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"word": "Hauptverb"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"word": "főige"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aðalsögn"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hondōshi",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"word": "本動詞"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shudōshi",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"word": "主動詞"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bondongsa",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"word": "본동사"
}
]
}
],
"word": "main verb"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "auxiliary verb"
},
{
"word": "helping verb"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "main verbs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "main verb (plural main verbs)",
"name": "en-noun"
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"en:Grammar"
],
"glosses": [
"The verb in a clause with the highest semantic content."
],
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"clause",
"clause"
],
[
"semantic",
"semantic"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(grammar) The verb in a clause with the highest semantic content."
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "full verb"
},
{
"word": "lexical verb"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hoofdwerkwoord"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"word": "pääverbi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verbe principal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"word": "Hauptverb"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"word": "főige"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aðalsögn"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hondōshi",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"word": "本動詞"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shudōshi",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"word": "主動詞"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bondongsa",
"sense": "verb in a clause with the highest semantic content",
"word": "본동사"
}
],
"word": "main verb"
}
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