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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "film punctuation"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "logical punctuation"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "punctuation mark"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
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}
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"2": "ML.",
"3": "punctuātiō",
"t": "a marking with points, a writing, agreement"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "punctuō",
"3": "",
"4": "to mark with points, settle"
},
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"name": "m"
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"2": "punctuate",
"3": "ion"
},
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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{
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"word": "an extensive list of such marks at Thesaurus:punctuation mark"
}
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"word": "point"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "punctilious"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
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"alt": "'; ’",
"word": "apostrophe"
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"word": "curly brackets"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"US"
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"US"
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
{
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"alt": "‒; –; —; ―",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"word": "ellipsis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "!",
"word": "exclamation mark"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "⁄",
"word": "fraction slash"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "« »; ‹ ›",
"word": "guillemet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "-; ‐",
"word": "hyphen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "·",
"word": "interpunct"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "‽",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "interrobang"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "bracket"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "parentheses (US"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "( )",
"word": "Canada)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "full stop"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": ".",
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"Canada",
"US"
],
"word": "period"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "?",
"word": "question mark"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "‘ ’ ‚; „",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "quotation marks"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "\"; '",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "quotation marks"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": ";",
"word": "semicolon"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "slash"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "/",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "stroke"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "] [",
"word": "space"
}
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{
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"name": "Dictation",
"orig": "en:Dictation",
"parents": [
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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},
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"Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
"Symbols",
"Orthography",
"Writing",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Human",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Different languages have different rules for punctuation.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods)."
],
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[
"set",
"set"
],
[
"symbols",
"symbols"
],
[
"marks",
"marks"
],
[
"clarify",
"clarify"
],
[
"meaning",
"meaning"
],
[
"text",
"text"
],
[
"separating",
"separating"
],
[
"strings",
"strings"
],
[
"words",
"words"
],
[
"clauses",
"clauses"
],
[
"phrases",
"phrases"
],
[
"sentences",
"sentences"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
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{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "punktuasie"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕalāmat tarqīm",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tarqīm",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تَرْقِيم"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔalamet tarqim",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "علامة ترقيم"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tarqim",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ترقيم"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ketadrutʿyun",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "կետադրություն"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puntuación"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "punktuasiya"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "durğu işarələri"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "punktuácyja",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пунктуа́цыя"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "punktuácija",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пунктуа́ция"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.hprat-a.tauk",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "အဖြတ်အတောက်"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puntuació"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "標點"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biāodiǎn",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "标点"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "句讀"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùdòu",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "句读"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "interpunkce"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tegnsætning"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "interpunctie"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "interpunkcio"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "kirjavahemärgid"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "vahemärgid"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "välimerkit"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ponctuation"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puntuación"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗunkṭuacia",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "პუნქტუაცია"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Satzzeichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Interpunktion"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Zeichensetzung"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "stíxi",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "στίξη"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "stíxis",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"Byzantine",
"feminine"
],
"word": "στίξις"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "virāmcihno",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "વિરામચિહ્નો"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "virām cihna",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "विराम चिह्न"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "központozás"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "greinarmerki"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "puntizado"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "tanda baca"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "poncaíocht"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "punteggiatura"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "interpunzione"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"alt": "くとうてん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kutōten",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "句読点"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"alt": "やくもの",
"code": "ja",
"english": "generic, includes diacritics",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yakumono",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "約物"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "voann’yut",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "វណ្ណយុត្ត"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "munjang buho",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "문장 부호"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "interpunkcija"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "skyryba"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "interpunkcija",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "интерпункција"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "tanda baca"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "punteġġjatura"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "tohutuhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "virāmcinhe",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "विरामचिन्हे"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "tegnsetting"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nešâne-hâ-ye sajâvandi",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "نشانههای سجاوندی"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "خوانشنویسه"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "interpunkcja"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "przestankowanie"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pontuação"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "punctuație"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "punktuácija",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пунктуа́ция"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "znáki prepinánija",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "зна́ки препина́ния"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prepinánije",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "препина́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pungadh"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "интерпункција"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "пунктуација"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "разгодак"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "interpunkcija"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "punktuacija"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "razgodak"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "interpunkcia"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ločílo"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "interpunkcija"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puntuación"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "skiljetecken"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "palabantasan"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "niṟuttakkuṟikaḷ",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "நிறுத்தக்குறிகள்"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "virāma cihnamulu",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "విరామ చిహ్నములు"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-wák-dtɔɔn",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"note": "spacing, used in Thai",
"sense": "set of symbols",
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"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "разгодак"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "interpunkcija"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "punktuacija"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "razgodak"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "interpunkcia"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ločílo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "interpunkcija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puntuación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "skiljetecken"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "palabantasan"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "niṟuttakkuṟikaḷ",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "நிறுத்தக்குறிகள்"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "virāma cihnamulu",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "విరామ చిహ్నములు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-wák-dtɔɔn",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"note": "spacing, used in Thai",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "วรรคตอน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "noktalama"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "punktuácija",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пунктуа́ція"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "رموز اوقاف"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "punktuatsiya"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "chấm câu"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "set of symbols",
"word": "atalnodi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act",
"word": "välimerkitys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act",
"word": "välimerkittäminen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Zeichensetzung"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act",
"word": "központozás"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "act",
"word": "خوانشنویسش"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "act",
"word": "pagbabantas"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"punctuation"
],
"word": "punctuation"
}
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