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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vorliebe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Neigung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Faible"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pūrvābhiruci",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"word": "पूर्वाभिरुचि"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "khicāv",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"word": "खिचाव"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"word": "előszeretet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"word": "részrehajlás"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "predilezione"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "forkjærlighet"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Läne"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "predileção"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "predilecție"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sklónnostʹ",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "скло́нность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predraspolóžennostʹ",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "предрасполо́женность"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "anurāga",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "अनुराग"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"word": "sklonost"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "predilekcija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "predilección"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "tendency towards",
"word": "förkärlek"
}
],
"word": "predilection"
}
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