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"word": "Irish red and white setter"
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"word": "Laverack setter"
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"word": "Llewellin setter"
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"word": "pinsetter"
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"word": "red setter"
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"word": "setter-up"
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"expansion": "→ Czech: setr",
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"text": "→ Czech: setr"
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"expansion": "→ Danish: setter",
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"2": "setteri",
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},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: setteri",
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"text": "→ Finnish: setteri"
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"name": "desc"
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"expansion": "→ German: Setter",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ German: Setter"
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"2": "setter",
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"expansion": "→ Italian: setter",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Italian: setter"
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"1": "ru",
"2": "сеттер",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: сеттер (setter)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Russian: сеттер (setter)"
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"1": "sv",
"2": "setter",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Swedish: setter",
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"expansion": "West Frisian setter",
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"1": "nl",
"2": "zetter"
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"expansion": "Dutch zetter",
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"1": "nds-de",
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"expansion": "German Low German Setter",
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"1": "de",
"2": "Setzer"
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"name": "cog"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English settere, equivalent to set + -er. Compare West Frisian setter, Dutch zetter, German Low German Setter, German Setzer.\nThe hunting dogs are so named because when they scent the game, they set (that is, strike a certain stance).",
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"text": "Any query to the setter is required to be addressed as such (e.g., \"Setter: Please check\"); otherwise it will be treated as a query to the author.",
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"A typesetter."
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"text": "The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.",
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"text": "The setter of this crossword has been known to throw us all for a loop occasionally.",
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{
"ref": "2000, Rita Wicks-Nelson, Allen C. Israel, Behavior Disorders of Childhood, page 188",
"text": "In this sample, twenty of the twenty-seven fire setters received a primary or secondary diagnosis of conduct disorder, compared with only eleven of twenty-seven nonsetters.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2013 November 26, John Plunkett, “Rev John Graham, aka crossword setter Araucaria, dies aged 92”, in The Guardian",
"text": "One of the most admired and best-known crossword setters in the English language, Graham was known for his idiosyncratic style and extended anagrams.",
"type": "quotation"
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"sense": "one who sets something",
"word": "asettaja"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one who sets something",
"word": "asettelija"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who sets something",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Setzer"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who sets something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Setzerin"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who sets something",
"word": "dizgici"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who sets something",
"word": "ihbarcı"
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"text": "She has a spaniel and a red setter.",
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"ref": "1931, Francis Beeding, “7/2”, in The Norwich Victims",
"text": "The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "seter",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сетер"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "雪達犬"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuědáquǎn",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "雪达犬"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "賽特犬"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sàitèquǎn",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "赛特犬"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sāitèquǎn",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "塞特犬"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "setteri"
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{
"_dis1": "1 2 74 3 5 3 3 2 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Setter"
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"_dis1": "1 2 74 3 5 3 3 2 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorstehhund"
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"_dis1": "1 2 74 3 5 3 3 2 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Vorstehhündin"
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seteris"
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{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seter"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "setter",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "сеттер"
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"_dis1": "1 2 74 3 5 3 3 2 3 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cù-eunaich"
},
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"_dis1": "1 2 74 3 5 3 3 2 3 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "seter"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "adargi"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razpredelitel",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "разпределител"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"word": "二傳"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èrchuán",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"word": "二传"
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{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"word": "舉球員"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"word": "举球员"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nahrávač"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nahrávačka"
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{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"word": "syöttäjä"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Steller"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stellerin"
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{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Passeur"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zuspieler"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Zuspielerin"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pasadóros",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "πασαδόρος"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palleggiatore"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palleggiatrice"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "settā",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"word": "セッター"
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{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cēlājs"
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{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "levantador"
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{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "giugader da pass"
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{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pasujuščij",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пасующий"
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{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svjazujuščij",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "связующий"
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{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nahrávač"
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{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nahrávačka"
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{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "passare"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 20 14 7 16 9 8 7 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"word": "oyun kurucu"
}
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"The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack."
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[
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"(volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack."
],
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"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports",
"volleyball"
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"name": "Object-oriented programming",
"orig": "en:Object-oriented programming",
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"Computing",
"Software engineering",
"Technology",
"Computer science",
"Engineering",
"Software",
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"Applied sciences",
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"text": "Coordinate term: getter"
}
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"ref": "2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2016-11-15",
"text": "It was desperately close until all but the closing moments, and for that we had the 32nd-ranked [Julien] Benneteau to thank for bringing the fight out in [Roger] Federer, whose thirst for these long battles has waned over the past couple of years. For a player regarded by many as the greatest of all time his record in completed five-setters is ordinary: now 20 wins, 16 losses.",
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"A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets."
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"(sports, in combinations) A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets."
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"raw_tags": [
"in combinations"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
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{
"glosses": [
"One who hunts victims for sharpers."
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[
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{
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"One who adapts words to music in composition."
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"links": [
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},
{
"glosses": [
"A shallow seggar for porcelain."
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[
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"A shill bidder at an auction."
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[
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{
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{
"word": "Irish red and white setter"
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{
"word": "Irish setter"
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{
"word": "jet-setter"
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{
"word": "Laverack setter"
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{
"word": "Llewellin setter"
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{
"word": "pacesetter"
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{
"word": "pinsetter"
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{
"word": "red setter"
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{
"word": "setter-up"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
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"args": {
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"args": {
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
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"name": "desc"
}
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "setter",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "setter",
"bor": "1"
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"args": {
"1": "de",
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"ref": "2000, Rita Wicks-Nelson, Allen C. Israel, Behavior Disorders of Childhood, page 188",
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"ref": "2013 November 26, John Plunkett, “Rev John Graham, aka crossword setter Araucaria, dies aged 92”, in The Guardian",
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{
"ref": "1931, Francis Beeding, “7/2”, in The Norwich Victims",
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"sports",
"volleyball"
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"text": "Coordinate term: getter"
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"sports",
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{
"glosses": [
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[
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{
"glosses": [
"A shallow seggar for porcelain."
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[
"seggar",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈset.ə/",
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"General-Australian"
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"ipa": "/ˈsɛt.ɚ/",
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"General-American"
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"General-American"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one who sets something",
"word": "asettaja"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one who sets something",
"word": "asettelija"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who sets something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Setzer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who sets something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Setzerin"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who sets something",
"word": "dizgici"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who sets something",
"word": "ihbarcı"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "seter",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сетер"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "雪達犬"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuědáquǎn",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "雪达犬"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "賽特犬"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sàitèquǎn",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "赛特犬"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sāitèquǎn",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "塞特犬"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "setteri"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seteris"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "setter",
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"word": "сеттер"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"word": "seter"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "breed of dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "adargi"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razpredelitel",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "разпределител"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"word": "二傳"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èrchuán",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"word": "二传"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"word": "舉球員"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"word": "举球员"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "volleyball player",
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stellerin"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Passeur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "πασαδόρος"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "settā",
"sense": "volleyball player",
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pasujuščij",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пасующий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svjazujuščij",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "связующий"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nahrávač"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nahrávačka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "passare"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "volleyball player",
"word": "oyun kurucu"
}
],
"word": "setter"
}
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɛtə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɛtə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"en:People"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "setters",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "settering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "settered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "settered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"set‧ter"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English dialectal terms",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue."
],
"links": [
[
"cut",
"cut"
],
[
"dewlap",
"dewlap"
],
[
"cow",
"cow"
],
[
"ox",
"ox"
],
[
"insert",
"insert"
],
[
"seton",
"seton"
]
],
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"(UK, dialect, transitive) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"dialectal",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛt.ə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈset.ə/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛt.ɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[-ɾɚ]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛtə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-setter.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-setter.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-setter.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-setter.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-setter.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "setter"
}
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