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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make (something) more efficient",
"word": "arotau"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make (something) more efficient",
"word": "whakaarotau"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to make (something) more efficient",
"word": "بهینیدن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make (something) more efficient",
"word": "optymizować"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "optimizírovatʹ",
"sense": "to make (something) more efficient",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "оптимизи́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make (something) more efficient",
"word": "optimar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make (something) more efficient",
"word": "optimizar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make (something) more efficient",
"word": "optimera"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "optimiziram se",
"sense": "to become optimal",
"word": "оптимизирам се"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yōuhuà",
"sense": "to become optimal",
"word": "优化"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to become optimal",
"word": "optimere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to become optimal",
"word": "optimaliseren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to become optimal",
"word": "verbeteren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become optimal",
"word": "optimoida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become optimal",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "s’optimiser"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "optimizírovatʹsja",
"sense": "to become optimal",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "оптимизи́роваться"
}
],
"word": "optimize"
}
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