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"forms": [
{
"form": "single quotes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "single quote (plural single quotes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "88 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A quotation mark, as in She said, 'Go ahead'."
],
"id": "en-single_quote-en-noun-6JOfQG8E",
"links": [
[
"quotation mark",
"quotation mark"
]
],
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"word": "double quote"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"word": "inverted comma"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quotation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "einfaches Anführungszeichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quotation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "enkelt citationstecken"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quotation mark",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"common-gender"
],
"word": "enkelfnutt"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An apostrophe, as in Let's do it."
],
"id": "en-single_quote-en-noun-uklG~CEb",
"links": [
[
"apostrophe",
"apostrophe"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apostrophe",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Auslassungszeichen"
}
]
}
],
"word": "single quote"
}
{
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "single quotes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"name": "en-noun"
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "double quote"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A quotation mark, as in She said, 'Go ahead'."
],
"links": [
[
"quotation mark",
"quotation mark"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An apostrophe, as in Let's do it."
],
"links": [
[
"apostrophe",
"apostrophe"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "inverted comma"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quotation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "einfaches Anführungszeichen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quotation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "enkelt citationstecken"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quotation mark",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"common-gender"
],
"word": "enkelfnutt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apostrophe",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Auslassungszeichen"
}
],
"word": "single quote"
}
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