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"sense": "state of being prepared",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "beredskap"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "state of being prepared",
"word": "kahandaan"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "hazırlık",
"sense": "state of being prepared",
"word": "حاضرلق"
}
],
"word": "preparedness"
}
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