"more or less" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /mɔɹ ɔɹ lɛs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-more-or-less.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} more or less (not comparable)
  1. Approximately. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: approximately Translations (approximately): pak a shumë (Albanian), حَوَالِي (ḥawālī) (Arabic), más o menos (Asturian), малко или много (malko ili mnogo) (Bulgarian), més o menys (Catalan), si fa no fa (Catalan), 大約 (Chinese Mandarin), 大约 (dàyuē) (Chinese Mandarin), 左右 (zuǒyòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 將近 (Chinese Mandarin), 将近 (jiāngjìn) (Chinese Mandarin), 大致 (dàzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 或多或少 (huòduōhuòshǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 大概 (dàgài) (Chinese Mandarin), víceméně (Czech), mere eller mindre (Danish), min of meer (Dutch), pli-malpli (Esperanto), enemmän tai vähemmän (Finnish), peu ou prou (French), plus ou moins (French), máis ou menos (Galician), ასე თუ ისე (ase tu ise) (Georgian), mehr oder weniger (German), ungefähr (German), mehr oder minder (German), περισσότερο ή λιγότερο (perissótero í ligótero) (Greek), פחות או יותר (Hebrew), többé-kevésbé (Hungarian), um það bil (Icelandic), nokkurn veginn (Icelandic), sirka (Icelandic), plu o min (Ido), kurang lebih (Indonesian), enemmän tali vähemmän (Ingrian), più o meno (Italian), su per giù (Italian), approssimativamente (Italian), およそ (oyoso) (Japanese), (yaku) (alt: やく) (Japanese), plūs minusve (Latin), magis minusve (Latin), amplius minusve (Latin), plūs minus (Latin), daugiau ar mažiau (Lithuanian), lebih kurang (Malay), poy plus poy moins (Middle French), mer eller mindre (Norwegian Bokmål), meir eller mindre (Norwegian Nynorsk), mai o mens (Occitan), mniej więcej (Polish), z grubsza (Polish), mais ou menos (Portuguese), mai mult sau mai puțin (Romanian), бо́лее и́ли ме́нее (bóleje íli méneje) (Russian), бо́лее-ме́нее (bóleje-méneje) (Russian), manje-više (Serbo-Croatian), más o menos (Spanish), mer eller mindre (Swedish), humigit-kumulang (Tagalog), ఎక్కువతక్కువగా (ekkuvatakkuvagā) (Telugu), aşağı yukarı (Turkish), бі́льш-ме́нш (bílʹš-ménš) (Ukrainian), کم و بیش (kam-o-besh) (Urdu), mwy neu lai (Welsh), מער ווייניקער (mer veyniker) (Yiddish), מער אָדער ווייניקער (mer oder veyniker) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-more_or_less-en-adv-en:approximately Disambiguation of 'approximately': 78 22 0
  2. Almost. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: almost, more-or-less Translations (almost): pak a shumë (Albanian), малко или много (malko ili mnogo) (Bulgarian), 幾乎 (Chinese Mandarin), 几乎 (jīhū) (Chinese Mandarin), 差點 (Chinese Mandarin), 差点 (chàdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 差一點 (Chinese Mandarin), 差一点 (chāyīdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 差不多 (chàbuduō) (Chinese Mandarin), mere eller mindre (Danish), næsten (Danish), pli aŭ malpli (Esperanto), lähes (Finnish), enemmän tai vähemmän (Finnish), plus ou moins (French), presque (French), case (Galician), ასე თუ ისე (ase tu ise) (Georgian), mehr oder weniger (German), fast (German), félig-meddig (Hungarian), meira eða minna (Icelandic), quasi (Italian), ほとんど (hotondo) (Japanese), mer eller mindre (Norwegian Bokmål), meir eller mindre (Norwegian Nynorsk), quase (Portuguese), бо́лее и́ли ме́нее (bóleje íli méneje) (Russian), бо́лее-ме́нее (bóleje-méneje) (Russian), casi (Spanish), mer eller mindre (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-more_or_less-en-adv-en:almost Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English positive polarity items, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 0 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 56 42 Disambiguation of English positive polarity items: 0 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 60 37 Disambiguation of 'almost': 6 89 5
  3. To varying extents, across instances; to an extent that varies among cases. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-more_or_less-en-adv-en:to_varying_extents Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 50 50

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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "pli-malpli"
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "enemmän tai vähemmän"
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "approximately",
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ase tu ise",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "ასე თუ ისე"
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          "sense": "approximately",
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "ungefähr"
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "approximately",
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perissótero í ligótero",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "περισσότερο ή λιγότερο"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "פחות או יותר"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "többé-kevésbé"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "um það bil"
        },
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "approximately",
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          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "sirka"
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          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "plu o min"
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "kurang lebih"
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          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "enemmän tali vähemmän"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "più o meno"
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "su per giù"
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "approssimativamente"
        },
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "oyoso",
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          "word": "およそ"
        },
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          "alt": "やく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yaku",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "約"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "plūs minusve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "magis minusve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "amplius minusve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "plūs minus"
        },
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "daugiau ar mažiau"
        },
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "lebih kurang"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "mer eller mindre"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "meir eller mindre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "mai o mens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "mniej więcej"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "z grubsza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "mais ou menos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "mai mult sau mai puțin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bóleje íli méneje",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "бо́лее и́ли ме́нее"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bóleje-méneje",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "бо́лее-ме́нее"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "manje-više"
        },
        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "más o menos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "mer eller mindre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "humigit-kumulang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "ekkuvatakkuvagā",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "ఎక్కువతక్కువగా"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "aşağı yukarı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "bílʹš-ménš",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "бі́льш-ме́нш"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "kam-o-besh",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "کم و بیش"
        },
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          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "mwy neu lai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "mer veyniker",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "מער ווייניקער"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22 0",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "mer oder veyniker",
          "sense": "approximately",
          "word": "מער אָדער ווייניקער"
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          "_dis1": "6 89 5",
          "code": "sq",
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          "_dis1": "6 89 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "almost",
          "word": "幾乎"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jīhū",
          "sense": "almost",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "almost",
          "word": "差點"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chàdiǎn",
          "sense": "almost",
          "word": "差点"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "almost",
          "word": "差一點"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chāyīdiǎn",
          "sense": "almost",
          "word": "差一点"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chàbuduō",
          "sense": "almost",
          "word": "差不多"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "almost",
          "word": "mere eller mindre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "almost",
          "word": "næsten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "almost",
          "word": "pli aŭ malpli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "almost",
          "word": "lähes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 89 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "almost",
          "word": "enemmän tai vähemmän"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "almost",
          "word": "plus ou moins"
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      "sense": "approximately",
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      "roman": "dàyuē",
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      "word": "大约"
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      "code": "cmn",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "approximately",
      "word": "大致"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "approximately",
      "word": "大概"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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    {
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      "lang": "French",
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      "sense": "approximately",
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    {
      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "approximately",
      "word": "ასე თუ ისე"
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      "code": "de",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "is",
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      "word": "sirka"
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      "code": "io",
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      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
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      "code": "it",
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    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "su per giù"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "approximately",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "約"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "word": "lebih kurang"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "mniej więcej"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "approximately",
      "word": "z grubsza"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "mais ou menos"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "approximately",
      "word": "mai mult sau mai puțin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "approximately",
      "word": "бо́лее и́ли ме́нее"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "approximately",
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "más o menos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "approximately",
      "word": "mer eller mindre"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "approximately",
      "word": "humigit-kumulang"
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    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ekkuvatakkuvagā",
      "sense": "approximately",
      "word": "ఎక్కువతక్కువగా"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "approximately",
      "word": "aşağı yukarı"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bílʹš-ménš",
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      "word": "бі́льш-ме́нш"
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    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
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      "word": "کم و بیش"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "approximately",
      "word": "mwy neu lai"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "mer veyniker",
      "sense": "approximately",
      "word": "מער ווייניקער"
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    {
      "code": "yi",
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      "roman": "mer oder veyniker",
      "sense": "approximately",
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    {
      "code": "sq",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "jīhū",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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    {
      "code": "da",
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "fi",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "almost",
      "word": "enemmän tai vähemmän"
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      "code": "fr",
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "is",
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "almost",
      "word": "quasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hotondo",
      "sense": "almost",
      "word": "ほとんど"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "almost",
      "word": "mer eller mindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "almost",
      "word": "meir eller mindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "almost",
      "word": "quase"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bóleje íli méneje",
      "sense": "almost",
      "word": "бо́лее и́ли ме́нее"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bóleje-méneje",
      "sense": "almost",
      "word": "бо́лее-ме́нее"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "almost",
      "word": "casi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "almost",
      "word": "mer eller mindre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "more or less"
}

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