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{
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{
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"word": "significant wave height"
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"text": "a significant word or sound",
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"text": "a significant look",
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"ref": "1856, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, chapter III, in The Wreck of the Golden Mary, part two, page 99",
"text": "As evening came on, it grew prematurely dark and cloudy; while the waves acquired that dull indigo tint so significant of ugly weather.",
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "signifying something; carrying meaning",
"word": "marktækur"
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"sense": "signifying something; carrying meaning",
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"sense": "signifying something; carrying meaning",
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"sense": "signifying something; carrying meaning",
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"text": "That was a significant step in the right direction.",
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"text": "The First World War was a significant event.",
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{
"ref": "2015, Shane R. Reeves, David Wallace, “The Combatant Status of the “Little Green Men” and Other Participants in the Ukraine Conflict”, in International Law Studies, US Naval War College, volume 91, number 361, Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, page 393",
"text": "The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶",
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "hāmm",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "هَامّ"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ēakan",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "էական"
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{
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "znáčny",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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"word": "ва́жны"
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"roman": "sǎštéstven",
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"word": "съще́ствен"
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"roman": "značítelen",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "significatiu"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhòngyào",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "重要"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "有意義"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǒu yìyì",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "有意义"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "signifikant"
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"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "voelbaar"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "waarneembaar"
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"word": "beduidend"
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "veelbetekenend"
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "merkittävä"
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{
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "merkityksellinen"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "significatif"
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{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mnišvnelovani",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "მნიშვნელოვანი"
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{
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{
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "משמעותי"
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "ממשי"
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{
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"word": "jelentős"
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{
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"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
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"word": "significante"
},
{
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{
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "epocale"
},
{
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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},
{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "notevole"
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{
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"alt": "じゅうような",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "重要な"
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"alt": "いちじるしい",
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"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "著しい"
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"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
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"roman": "jung'yohada",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "중요(重要)하다"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "sangdanghada",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "상당(相當)하다"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "giring"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "ponderōsus"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "significāns"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "redzams"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "ievērojams"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "značaen",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "значаен"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "tāpua"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "znaczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "znaczący"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "significativo"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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{
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "important"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "značítelʹnyj",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "значи́тельный"
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{
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"roman": "suščéstvennyj",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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{
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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{
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"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "sl",
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"word": "pomemben"
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{
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "importante"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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},
{
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "betydelsefullt"
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{
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "betydande"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "önemli"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "manalı"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "kayda değer"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
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"roman": "značnýj",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "значни́й"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "istótnyj",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "suttjévyj",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "суттє́вий"
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{
"_dis1": "5 20 57 2 16",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "quan trọng"
}
]
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"Reasonably large in number or amount."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "značítelen",
"sense": "reasonably large",
"word": "значи́телен"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reasonably large",
"word": "merkittävä"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reasonably large",
"word": "elevato"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reasonably large",
"word": "alto"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "značítelʹnyj",
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"word": "значи́тельный"
}
]
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"Fundamental"
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"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "značný"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "signifikantný"
},
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"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "pomemben"
},
{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "importante"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "significativo"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "signifikant"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "betydelsefullt"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "önemli"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "anlamlı"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "manalı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "kayda değer"
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "značnýj",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "значни́й"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "istótnyj",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "істо́тний"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "suttjévyj",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "суттє́вий"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "having noticeable effect",
"word": "quan trọng"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "značítelen",
"sense": "reasonably large",
"word": "значи́телен"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reasonably large",
"word": "merkittävä"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reasonably large",
"word": "elevato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reasonably large",
"word": "alto"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "značítelʹnyj",
"sense": "reasonably large",
"word": "значи́тельный"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "značím",
"sense": "statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance",
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"code": "fi",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance",
"word": "significatif"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance",
"word": "szignifikáns"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance",
"word": "significativo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance",
"word": "зна́чимый"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance",
"word": "significativo"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance",
"word": "signifikant"
}
],
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