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"sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zaokrąglać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaokrąglić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
"word": "arredondar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okrugljátʹ",
"sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "округля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okruglítʹ",
"sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "округли́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
"word": "redondear"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits",
"word": "bilugin"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to complete or finish something",
"word": "afronden"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to complete or finish something",
"word": "compléter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to complete or finish something",
"word": "abrunden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to complete or finish something",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "den letzten Schliff geben"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to complete or finish something",
"word": "avrunda"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to complete or finish something",
"word": "finalizar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakánčivatʹ",
"sense": "to complete or finish something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зака́нчивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakónčitʹ",
"sense": "to complete or finish something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зако́нчить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaveršátʹ",
"sense": "to complete or finish something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заверша́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaveršítʹ",
"sense": "to complete or finish something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заверши́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakrugljatʹsja",
"sense": "to complete or finish something",
"word": "закругляться"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to complete or finish something",
"word": "avrunda"
}
],
"word": "round off"
}
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