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},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈvɜːʃ(ə)n̩/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈvɚʒən/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹəˈvɚʒən/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)ʒən"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vrǎštane kǎm",
"sense": "return",
"word": "връщане към"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "return",
"word": "terugkeer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "return",
"word": "retour"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "return",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "reversiō"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the return of an estate",
"word": "terugkeer"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the return of an estate",
"word": "erfrecht"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mean reversion"
],
"word": "reversion"
}
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