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"word": "Colorado Plateau"
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"word": "Iranian Plateau"
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"word": "Loess Plateau"
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"word": "Mexican Plateau"
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"word": "plateau basalt"
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"word": "plateau effect"
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"word": "Tibetan Plateau"
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "lavamaa"
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "ylätasanko"
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "ზეგანი"
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"tags": [
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "अधित्यका"
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "plato"
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"word": "ಪ್ರಸ್ಥಭೂಮಿ"
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "ខ្ពង់រាប"
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"roman": "gowon",
"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "고원"
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{
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"tags": [
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"word": "penara"
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"word": "dataran tinggi"
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"word": "plato"
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "mānia pūwhata"
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"tags": [
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"masculine"
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{
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "فلات"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "talampas"
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "ที่ราบสูง"
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"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "sa mtho'i thang chen",
"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "ས་མཐོའི་ཐང་ཆེན"
},
{
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"roman": "mtho sgang",
"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "མཐོ་སྒང"
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "plato"
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"word": "плато́"
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"alt": "高原",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "cao nguyên"
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"ref": "2008 May 28, Tara Parker-Pope, “Hint of Hope as Child Obesity Rate Hits Plateau”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "Childhood obesity, rising for more than two decades, appears to have hit a plateau, a potentially significant milestone in the battle against excessive weight gain among children.",
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"A comparatively stable level after a period of increase. (of a varying quantity)"
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"roman": "plato",
"sense": "stable, high level",
"tags": [
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"word": "плато"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "stable, high level",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "replà"
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{
"_dis1": "33 45 0 23 0",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "stable, high level",
"word": "vakiintunut taso"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stable, high level",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Plateau"
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{
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sthirāṅk",
"sense": "stable, high level",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "स्थिरांक"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 45 0 23 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sabāt",
"sense": "stable, high level",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सबात"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 45 0 23 0",
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"sense": "stable, high level",
"word": "stagnálás"
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{
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"word": "plató"
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"code": "mn",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
"word": "ที่ราบสูง"
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"code": "bo",
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"sense": "high, level expanse",
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"code": "tr",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "stable, high level",
"word": "vakiintunut taso"
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"code": "hi",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "fa",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "level off",
"word": "estancar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chípíng",
"sense": "level off",
"word": "持平"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "level off",
"word": "stagneren"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "level off",
"word": "stabiliseren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "level off",
"word": "tasaantua"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "level off",
"word": "tasoittua"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "level off",
"word": "stagner"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "level off",
"word": "plafonner"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "level off",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "level off",
"word": "atteindre un plateau"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "level off",
"word": "stagnál"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "level off",
"word": "platózik"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "level off",
"word": "estagnar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "level off",
"word": "estancarse"
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],
"word": "plateau"
}
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