"motel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /moʊˈtɛl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-motel.wav [Southern-England] Forms: motels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Blend of motor + hotel, from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo in California, USA, established in 1925 by Arthur Heineman (1878–1974). Etymology templates: {{blend|en|motor|hotel}} Blend of motor + hotel Head templates: {{en-noun}} motel (plural motels)
  1. (also attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there. Tags: also, attributive Translations (type of hotel): motel [masculine] (Albanian), مُوتِيل (mutil) [masculine] (Arabic), մոթել (motʻel) (Armenian), motel (Azerbaijani), матэ́ль (matélʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), моте́л (motél) [masculine] (Bulgarian), မိုတယ် (muitai) (Burmese), motel [masculine] (Catalan), ᏧᏂᏒᏍᏗᎢ (tsunisvsdii) (Cherokee), mo͘-té-lù [Hokkien] (Chinese), 汽車旅店 (Chinese Cantonese), 汽车旅店 (hei³ ce¹ leoi⁵ dim³) (Chinese Cantonese), 汽車旅館 (Chinese Mandarin), 汽车旅馆 (qìchē lǚguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), karrostel [masculine] (Cornish), motel [masculine] (Czech), motel [neuter] (Danish), motel [neuter] (Dutch), motelo (Esperanto), motell (Estonian), motelli (Finnish), motel [masculine] (French), motel [masculine] (Galician), მოტელი (moṭeli) (Georgian), Motel [neuter] (German), μοτέλ (motél) [neuter] (Greek), מוֹטֶל (motél) [masculine] (Hebrew), मोटेल (moṭel) [masculine] (Hindi), motel (Hungarian), motelo (Ido), óstán [masculine] (Irish), óstán cois bóthair [masculine] (Irish), motel (Italian), モーテル (mōteru) (Japanese), モテル (moteru) (Japanese), мотель (motel) (Kazakh), ម៉ូតែល (moutael) (Khmer), 모텔 (motel) (Korean), мотель (motel) (Kyrgyz), motelis [masculine] (Latvian), motelis [masculine] (Lithuanian), моте́л (motél) [masculine] (Macedonian), motel (Malay), carlan oast [feminine] (Manx), mōtēra (Maori), motell [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), متل (motel) (Persian), راهسرا (Persian), motel [masculine] (Polish), hotel de beira de estrada [masculine] (Portuguese), motel [neuter] (Romanian), моте́ль (motɛ́lʹ) [masculine] (Russian), автопансиона́т (avtopansionát) [masculine] (Russian), taigh-òsta motarachd [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), мо̀те̄л [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mòtēl [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), motel [masculine] (Slovak), motel [masculine] (Slovene), motel [masculine] (Spanish), motell [neuter] (Swedish), мотел (motel) (Tajik), мотель (motel) (Tajik), โมเต็ล (moo-dtel) (Thai), motel (Turkish), motel (Turkmen), моте́ль (motélʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), موٹل (moṭel) [masculine] (Urdu), motel (Uzbek), mô-ten (Vietnamese), mô ten (Vietnamese), motél [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), מאָטעל (motel) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-motel-en-noun-okpHM9jE Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 38 30 32 Disambiguation of 'type of hotel': 76 24
  2. A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel. Categories (topical): Hotels
    Sense id: en-motel-en-noun-jUcbzSgE Disambiguation of Hotels: 29 57 14 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 38 30 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 47 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 43 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hot-sheet motel, no-tell motel, roach motel Related terms: hotel, inn, motor court, tourist court

Verb

IPA: /moʊˈtɛl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-motel.wav [Southern-England] Forms: motels [present, singular, third-person], moteling [participle, present], motelling [participle, present], moteled [participle, past], moteled [past], motelled [participle, past], motelled [past]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Blend of motor + hotel, from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo in California, USA, established in 1925 by Arthur Heineman (1878–1974). Etymology templates: {{blend|en|motor|hotel}} Blend of motor + hotel Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=motelled|pres_ptc2=motelling}} motel (third-person singular simple present motels, present participle moteling or motelling, simple past and past participle moteled or motelled)
  1. (informal, intransitive) To stay in a motel or motels. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-motel-en-verb-UpI~l5rL Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 38 30 32

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "motél",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "моте́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "muitai",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "မိုတယ်"
        },
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          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "motel"
        },
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          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "tsunisvsdii",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "ᏧᏂᏒᏍᏗᎢ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "汽車旅店"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "hei³ ce¹ leoi⁵ dim³",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "汽车旅店"
        },
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          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "mo͘-té-lù"
        },
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          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "汽車旅館"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qìchē lǚguǎn",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "汽车旅馆"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "karrostel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "motel"
        },
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          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "motelo"
        },
        {
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "motell"
        },
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          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "motelli"
        },
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          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "motel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "moṭeli",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "მოტელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "motél",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "μοτέλ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "motél",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מוֹטֶל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "moṭel",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "मोटेल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "motel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "motelo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "óstán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "óstán cois bóthair"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "motel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mōteru",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "モーテル"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "moteru",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "モテル"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "motel",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "мотель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "moutael",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "ម៉ូតែល"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "motel",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "모텔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "motel",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "мотель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "motelis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "motelis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "motél",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "моте́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "motel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "carlan oast"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "mōtēra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "motell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "motel",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "متل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "راهسرا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "motel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hotel de beira de estrada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "motel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "motɛ́lʹ",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "моте́ль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "avtopansionát",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "автопансиона́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "taigh-òsta motarachd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мо̀те̄л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mòtēl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "motel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "motel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "motel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "motell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "motel",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "мотел"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
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          "sense": "type of hotel",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "moo-dtel",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "โมเต็ล"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "motel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "motel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "motélʹ",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "моте́ль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "moṭel",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "موٹل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "type of hotel",
          "word": "motel"
        },
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      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "word": "မိုတယ်"
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      "roman": "tsunisvsdii",
      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "word": "ᏧᏂᏒᏍᏗᎢ"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "word": "óstán cois bóthair"
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      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "word": "모텔"
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      "roman": "motel",
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      "word": "hotel de beira de estrada"
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      "word": "моте́ль"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "type of hotel",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "motell"
    },
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "motel",
      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "word": "мотел"
    },
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "motel",
      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "word": "мотель"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "moo-dtel",
      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "word": "โมเต็ล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "word": "motel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "word": "motel"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "motélʹ",
      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "моте́ль"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "moṭel",
      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "موٹل"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "word": "motel"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "word": "mô-ten"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "word": "mô ten"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motél"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "motel",
      "sense": "type of hotel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מאָטעל"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Arthur Heineman"
  ],
  "word": "motel"
}

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      "name": "blend"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of motor + hotel, from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo in California, USA, established in 1925 by Arthur Heineman (1878–1974).",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "motelling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motelled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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        "past"
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    }
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      ],
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        "To stay in a motel or motels."
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        "(informal, intransitive) To stay in a motel or motels."
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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}

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