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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "to prey upon",
"word": "prey"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:predate",
"word": "antedate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:predate",
"word": "precede"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:predate",
"word": "predate"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "prey",
"word": "azen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "prey",
"word": "prederen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "prey",
"word": "vordatieren"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "prey",
"word": "predar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "prey",
"word": "predar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "prey",
"word": "depredar"
}
],
"word": "predate"
}
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