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"glosses": [
"A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made."
],
"links": [
[
"graphical user interface",
"graphical user interface"
],
[
"window",
"window"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(graphical user interface) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"graphical-user-interface",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈməʊd.əl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmoʊd.əl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊdəl"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-modal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-modal.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-modal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-modal.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "modal proposition",
"word": "modale propositie"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "modal form, notably a modal auxiliary",
"word": "modale vorm"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "modal form, notably a modal auxiliary",
"word": "kip"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"modal"
],
"word": "modal"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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