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{
"form": "makes an example of",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "making an example of",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "made an example of",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "made an example of",
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"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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},
"expansion": "make an example of (third-person singular simple present makes an example of, present participle making an example of, simple past and past participle made an example of)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
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"Entry maintenance"
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}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "He made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To punish someone so as to give a warning to others."
],
"id": "en-make_an_example_of-en-verb-SN8AD~Lp",
"links": [
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"punish",
"punish"
],
[
"warning",
"warning"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, idiomatic) To punish someone so as to give a warning to others."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "pour encourager les autres"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "殺雞儆猴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shājījǐnghóu",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "杀鸡儆猴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "殺一儆百"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāyījǐngbǎi",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "杀一儆百"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "statuere et eksempel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "tehdä jostakin varoittava esimerkki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "faire un exemple"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "ein Exempel statuieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paradeigmatízo",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "παραδειγματίζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "példát statuál"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "karać przykładowo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ukarać przykładowo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "primérno nakazátʹ",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "приме́рно наказа́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "dar ejemplo de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "hacer un ejemplo de"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "statuera exempel (av)"
}
]
}
],
"word": "make an example of"
}
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "making an example of",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "made an example of",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "made an example of",
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"past"
]
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
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}
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"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "He made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew."
}
],
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"To punish someone so as to give a warning to others."
],
"links": [
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"punish"
],
[
"warning",
"warning"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, idiomatic) To punish someone so as to give a warning to others."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "殺雞儆猴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shājījǐnghóu",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "杀鸡儆猴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "殺一儆百"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāyījǐngbǎi",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "杀一儆百"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "statuere et eksempel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "tehdä jostakin varoittava esimerkki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "faire un exemple"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "ein Exempel statuieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paradeigmatízo",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "παραδειγματίζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "példát statuál"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "karać przykładowo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ukarać przykładowo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "primérno nakazátʹ",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "приме́рно наказа́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "dar ejemplo de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "hacer un ejemplo de"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "punish someone as a warning to others",
"word": "statuera exempel (av)"
}
],
"word": "make an example of"
}
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