See revolve in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "revolve around"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "revolver"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "the world doesn't revolve around you"
}
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"name": "inh"
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"5": "to reflect upon"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English revolven (“to change direction”), borrowed from Old French revolver (“to reflect upon”), from Latin revolvere, present active infinitive of revolvō (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volve.",
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"To bring back into a particular place or condition; to restore."
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"(Physical movement.)",
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"To cause (something) to turn around a central point."
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"(Physical movement.)",
"(transitive) To cause (something) to turn around a central point."
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{
"text": "The Earth revolves around the sun.",
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"To orbit a central point (especially of a celestial body)."
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"(Physical movement.)",
"(intransitive) To orbit a central point (especially of a celestial body)."
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"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "圍繞"
},
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"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wéirào",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "围绕"
},
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"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "rivolui"
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"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "kiertää"
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{
"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "retourner"
},
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"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
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"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "sich drehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "peristréfomai",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "περιστρέφομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ghūmnā",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "घूमना"
},
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"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "kering"
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"sense": "to orbit a central point",
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"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "خۆلاندن"
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"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "دونمك"
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"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ps",
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"roman": "carxawəl",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "څرخول"
},
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"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ps",
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"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "تاوول"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "kręcić się (wokół)"
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"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "orbitar"
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"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "muyuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vertétʹsja",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "верте́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krutítʹsja",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "крути́ться"
},
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"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
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"roman": "vraščátʹsja",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "враща́ться"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "girar (alrededor de)"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "kretsa"
},
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"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "koo-jɔɔn",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "โคจร"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mǔn",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "หมุน"
},
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"_dis1": "0 29 70 0 0 0 0",
"code": "th",
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"roman": "won",
"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "วน"
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"code": "mww",
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"sense": "to orbit a central point",
"word": "tig"
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{
"text": "The Earth revolves once every twenty-four hours.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"To rotate around an axis."
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"(Physical movement.)",
"(intransitive) To rotate around an axis."
],
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"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎrtja se",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "въртя се"
},
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"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "旋轉"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuánzhuǎn",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "旋转"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "運轉"
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{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yùnzhuàn",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "运转"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "pyöriä"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "retourner"
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{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "tourner"
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{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "sich drehen"
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{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "peristréfomai",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "περιστρέφομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "edar"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "ruotare"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"alt": "まわる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mawaru",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "回る"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"alt": "かいてんする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaiten-suru",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "回転する"
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"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "ider"
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{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "mubeng"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ainalu",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "айналу"
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{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "ckb",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "خۆلاندن"
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{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "vertō"
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{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "edar"
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"code": "kaw",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "hidĕr"
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"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "ota",
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"roman": "dönmek",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "دونمك"
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"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "ps",
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"roman": "tāwawəl",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "تاوول"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "ps",
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"roman": "arrawəl",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "اړول"
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"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
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"word": "kręcić się"
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "girar"
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{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vraščátʹsja",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "враща́ться"
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{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "rotar"
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{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "rotera"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "snurra runt"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mǔn",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "หมุน"
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"_dis1": "10 19 5 33 10 11 13",
"code": "mww",
"lang": "White Hmong",
"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "tig"
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"text": "The program revolves through all the queues before returning to the start.",
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"To move in order or sequence."
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"(Physical movement.)",
"(intransitive) To move in order or sequence."
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"_dis1": "23 17 2 5 30 6 18",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "peristréfo",
"sense": "to recur in cycles",
"word": "περιστρέφω"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 17 2 5 30 6 18",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to recur in cycles",
"word": "ricorrere"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 17 2 5 30 6 18",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povtorjátʹsja",
"sense": "to recur in cycles",
"word": "повторя́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 17 2 5 30 6 18",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "won",
"sense": "to recur in cycles",
"word": "วน"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 17 2 5 30 6 18",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "wiian",
"sense": "to recur in cycles",
"word": "เวียน"
}
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{
"ref": "1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:",
"text": "These are the difficulties which arise to me on revolving this scheme […].",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “chapter 6, Monk Samson”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):",
"text": "He sits silent, revolving many thoughts, at the foot of St. Edmund’s Shrine.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"glosses": [
"To ponder on; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of."
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"consider"
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"qualifier": "Mental activity.",
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"(Mental activity.)",
"(transitive, now rare) To ponder on; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of."
],
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{
"_dis1": "2 3 0 1 2 89 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obmisljam",
"sense": "to ponder on",
"word": "обмислям"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 0 1 2 89 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to ponder on",
"word": "考慮"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 0 1 2 89 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǎolǜ",
"sense": "to ponder on",
"word": "考虑"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 0 1 2 89 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ponder on",
"word": "pohtia"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 0 1 2 89 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sképtomai",
"sense": "to ponder on",
"word": "σκέπτομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 0 1 2 89 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obdúmyvatʹ",
"sense": "to ponder on",
"word": "обду́мывать"
}
]
},
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "หมุน"
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"code": "mww",
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"sense": "to turn on an axis",
"word": "tig"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "peristréfo",
"sense": "to recur in cycles",
"word": "περιστρέφω"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to recur in cycles",
"word": "ricorrere"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "povtorjátʹsja",
"sense": "to recur in cycles",
"word": "повторя́ться"
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "won",
"sense": "to recur in cycles",
"word": "วน"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "wiian",
"sense": "to recur in cycles",
"word": "เวียน"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obmisljam",
"sense": "to ponder on",
"word": "обмислям"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to ponder on",
"word": "考慮"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "kǎolǜ",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ponder on",
"word": "pohtia"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sképtomai",
"sense": "to ponder on",
"word": "σκέπτομαι"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obdúmyvatʹ",
"sense": "to ponder on",
"word": "обду́мывать"
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