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"expansion": "Middle English resolven",
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"5": "loosen, thaw, melt, resolve"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English resolven, from Old French resolver, a learned borrowing of Latin resolvō (“loosen, thaw, melt, resolve”), equivalent to re- + solve. Piecewise doublet of re-solve.",
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"To find a solution to (a problem)."
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"(transitive) To find a solution to (a problem)."
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "حَلَّ"
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"roman": "rešavam",
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"word": "решавам"
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"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "resoldre"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "解決"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiějué",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "解决"
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{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "vyřešit"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "oplossen"
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{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "solvi"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "ratkaista"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "résoudre"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "lösen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "auflösen"
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{
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dialúō",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "διαλύω"
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{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "megold"
},
{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "megfejt"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "scaoil"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "risolvere"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 18 5 5 3 3 1 3 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "accordarsi"
},
{
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"alt": "とく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toku",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "解く"
},
{
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"alt": "ぶんかいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bunkai suru",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "分解する"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "haegyeolhada",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "해결하다"
},
{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "whakatatū"
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"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "resolven"
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{
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "resòlver"
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{
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "solucionar"
},
{
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hal kardan",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "حل کردن"
},
{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rozwiązać"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 18 5 5 3 3 1 3 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rozwiązywać"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "resolver"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 18 5 5 3 3 1 3 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "decidir"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 18 5 5 3 3 1 3 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "rezolva"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 18 5 5 3 3 1 3 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rešátʹ",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "реша́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 18 5 5 3 3 1 3 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rešítʹ",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "реши́ть"
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{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "resolver"
},
{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "solventar"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "lösa"
},
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "pariṣkariñcu",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "పరిష్కరించు"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to resolve a riddle",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain."
],
"id": "en-resolve-en-verb-R740yvge",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain",
"word": "ratkaista"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain",
"word": "selvittää"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain",
"word": "selittää"
},
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"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain",
"word": "resolven"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I resolve to finish this work before I go home.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools, volume 2, Dublin: […] Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202",
"text": "At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action."
],
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"firm",
"firm"
],
[
"decision",
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],
[
"determined",
"determined"
],
[
"goal",
"goal"
],
[
"action",
"action"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "resoldre"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "決定"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "juédìng",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "决定"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "決心"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "juéxīn",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "决心"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "besluiten"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "beslissen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "zich voornemen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "päättää"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "se résoudre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "elhatároz"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"alt": "けっていする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kettei suru",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "決定する"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"alt": "けっしんする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kessin suru",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "決心する"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dajimhada",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "다짐하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeolsimhada",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "결심하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeoljeonghada",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "결정하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "postanowić"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "postanawiać"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "resolver"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "conchide"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "hotărî"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rešátʹsja",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "реша́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rešítʹsja",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "реши́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "postanovítʹ",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "постанови́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "resolver"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "besluta"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 39 8 6 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "resolvera"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was resolved by an unexpected event.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle."
],
"id": "en-resolve-en-verb-WCnat79P",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with re-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "After two weeks of bickering, they finally resolved their differences.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet."
],
"id": "en-resolve-en-verb-E8M-Gfqy",
"links": [
[
"agree",
"agree"
],
[
"peace",
"peace"
]
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "1 3 1 6 62 2 6 2 3 5 1 1 1 2 1 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come to an agreement",
"word": "ratkaista"
}
]
},
{
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"glosses": [
"To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state."
],
"id": "en-resolve-en-verb-JGBl3qEZ",
"links": [
[
"constituent",
"constituent"
],
[
"decompose",
"decompose"
],
[
"disintegrate",
"disintegrate"
],
[
"constitution",
"constitution"
],
[
"primeval",
"primeval"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"reflexive",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 66 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 6 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razlagam",
"sense": "to break down into constituent parts",
"word": "разлагам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 66 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 6 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to break down into constituent parts",
"word": "hajottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 66 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 6 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to break down into constituent parts",
"word": "smantellare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 66 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 6 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to break down into constituent parts",
"word": "scomporre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 66 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 6 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to break down into constituent parts",
"word": "disintegrare"
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"ref": "2008, Matt Lombard, SolidWorks 2007 Bible, page 956",
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"text": "At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]",
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[
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"ref": "1596, Walter Raleigh, The discovery of the large, rich, and beautiful Empire of Guiana, with a relation of the great and golden city of Manoa",
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],
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},
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"ref": "2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist",
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"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
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[
"dissolve",
"dissolve"
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],
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"rare",
"reflexive"
]
},
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"To liquefy (a gas or vapour)."
],
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],
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"(obsolete, transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour)."
],
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"transitive"
]
},
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],
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"To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour."
],
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[
"medicine",
"medicine"
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[
"discuss",
"discuss"
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],
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"sciences"
]
},
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"To relax; to lie at ease."
],
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"(obsolete) To relax; to lie at ease."
],
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"obsolete"
]
},
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},
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"en:Mathematics"
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"mathematics"
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],
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"(mathematics, archaic, transitive) To solve (an equation, etc.)."
],
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"transitive"
],
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"sciences"
]
}
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥalla",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "حَلَّ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rešavam",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "решавам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "resoldre"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "solucionar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "解決"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiějué",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "解决"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "vyřešit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "oplossen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "solvi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "ratkaista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "résoudre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "lösen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "auflösen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dialúō",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "διαλύω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "megold"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "megfejt"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "scaoil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "risolvere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "accordarsi"
},
{
"alt": "とく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toku",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "解く"
},
{
"alt": "ぶんかいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bunkai suru",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "分解する"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "haegyeolhada",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "해결하다"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "whakatatū"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "resolven"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "resòlver"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "solucionar"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hal kardan",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "حل کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rozwiązać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rozwiązywać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "resolver"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "decidir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "rezolva"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rešátʹ",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "реша́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rešítʹ",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "реши́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "resolver"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "solventar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "lösa"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "pariṣkariñcu",
"sense": "to find a solution to",
"word": "పరిష్కరించు"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain",
"word": "ratkaista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain",
"word": "selvittää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain",
"word": "selittää"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain",
"word": "resolven"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "resoldre"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "決定"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "juédìng",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "决定"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "決心"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "juéxīn",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "besluiten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "beslissen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "zich voornemen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "päättää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "se résoudre"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "elhatároz"
},
{
"alt": "けっていする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kettei suru",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "決定する"
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{
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"sense": "to make a firm decision",
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dajimhada",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "다짐하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeolsimhada",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "결심하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeoljeonghada",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "결정하다"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "postanowić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
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],
"word": "postanawiać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "resolver"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "conchide"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "hotărî"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to make a firm decision",
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],
"word": "реша́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "реши́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "postanovítʹ",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "постанови́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "resolver"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "besluta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a firm decision",
"word": "resolvera"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come to an agreement",
"word": "ratkaista"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razlagam",
"sense": "to break down into constituent parts",
"word": "разлагам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to break down into constituent parts",
"word": "hajottaa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to break down into constituent parts",
"word": "smantellare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to break down into constituent parts",
"word": "scomporre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to break down into constituent parts",
"word": "disintegrare"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to break down into constituent parts",
"word": "resolven"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to perceive or understand, to convince; to assure; to make certain",
"word": "ratkaista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "to convince",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to perceive or understand, to convince; to assure; to make certain",
"word": "vakuuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "make certain",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to perceive or understand, to convince; to assure; to make certain",
"word": "varmistaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance",
"word": "purkaa"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance",
"word": "scaoil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance",
"word": "accordare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "rozwiązać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance",
"word": "resolver"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiěxī",
"sense": "to find IP address or entity",
"word": "解析"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to find IP address or entity",
"word": "selvittää IP-osoite"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften",
"word": "sulattaa"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften",
"word": "resolven"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften",
"word": "disolver"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "raztvarjam",
"sense": "to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid",
"word": "sulaa"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid",
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"sense": "to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "vtečnjavam",
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"word": "втечнявам"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to liquefy a gas or vapour",
"word": "nesteyttää"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to liquefy a gas or vapour",
"word": "liquefare"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razsejvam se",
"sense": "medicine: to disperse or scatter",
"word": "разсейвам се"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "medicine: to disperse or scatter",
"word": "levitä"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "medicine: to disperse or scatter",
"word": "resolven"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to relax; to lie at ease",
"word": "rentoutua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to relax; to lie at ease",
"word": "ottaa rennosti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers",
"word": "résoudre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers",
"word": "risolvere"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers",
"word": "resolver"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers",
"word": "resolver"
}
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"ref": "2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club",
"text": "Stripped of all bravado, Cersei breaks, and shows the very scared, vulnerable woman who has kept her emotions at bay. “I don’t want to die,” she whimpers, “Not like this.” It’s all the more moving for coming from a character who built her identity on steely resolve and contempt for such hoary conceits as fear.",
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{
"text": "It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery."
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{
"ref": "2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2018, Jhariah Clare (lyrics and music), “Sunsets (Resilience)”, in The Great Tale of How I Ruined it All",
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"ref": "1995, William Arctander O'Brien, Novalis, Signs of Revolution, page 56",
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"ref": "2008, Matt Lombard, SolidWorks 2007 Bible, page 956",
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"word": "fortitude"
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{
"word": "inner strength"
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{
"word": "resoluteness"
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{
"word": "sticktoitiveness"
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{
"word": "tenacity"
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rešitelnost",
"sense": "will power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "решителност"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "will power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "resolució"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "will power",
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],
"word": "viljekraft"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "will power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wilskracht"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "will power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vastbeslotenheid"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "will power",
"word": "tahdonvoima"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "will power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Entschlossenheit"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "niścay",
"sense": "will power",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "निश्चय"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "will power",
"word": "akaraterő"
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ketsui",
"sense": "will power",
"word": "決意"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "will power",
"word": "niwha"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "will power",
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"word": "Väanämungsjeist"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "will power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stanowczość"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "will power",
"tags": [
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"word": "zdecydowanie"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rešímostʹ",
"sense": "will power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "реши́мость"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "will power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "реши́тельность"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "will power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сме́лость"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "will power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "resolución"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "will power",
"word": "beslutsamhet"
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"sense": "will power",
"word": "pratiṃ"
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