"sort out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-sort out.ogg Forms: sorts out [present, singular, third-person], sorting out [participle, present], sorted out [participle, past], sorted out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} sort out (third-person singular simple present sorts out, present participle sorting out, simple past and past participle sorted out)
  1. (transitive) To clarify by reviewing mentally. Tags: transitive Translations (to clarify): selvittää (Finnish), selvitellä (Finnish), klären (German), ricapitolare (Italian), разбира́ться (razbirátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), разобра́ться (razobrátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), discernir (Spanish), reda ut (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sort_out-en-verb-U7KjIxkZ Disambiguation of 'to clarify': 80 4 0 4 3 5 3
  2. (transitive) To arrange. Tags: transitive Translations (to arrange): bewerkstelligen (German), organisieren (German), arrangieren (German), vereinbaren (German), einrichten (German), organizzare (Italian), fissare (Italian), ordna (Swedish), arrangera (Swedish), organisera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sort_out-en-verb-7HNE0Xbt Disambiguation of 'to arrange': 1 89 0 3 1 4 2
  3. (transitive) To fix (a problem). Tags: transitive Translations (to fix problem): selvittää (Finnish), résoudre (French), erledigen (German), lösen (German), beheben (German), ठीक करना (ṭhīk karnā) (Hindi), risolvere (Italian), sistemare (Italian), resolver completamente (Portuguese), исправля́ть (ispravljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), испра́вить (isprávitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), устраня́ть (ustranjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), устрани́ть (ustranítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), fixa (Swedish), lösa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sort_out-en-verb-dWvT4x0r Disambiguation of 'to fix problem': 0 0 80 0 0 0 20
  4. (transitive) To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy. Tags: transitive Translations (to organise or separate into groups): roztřídit (Czech), järjestää (Finnish), trier (French), sortieren (German), riordinare (Italian), kōmaka (Maori), separar (Portuguese), сортирова́ть (sortirovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отсортирова́ть (otsortirovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), organisera (Swedish), sortera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sort_out-en-verb-dr5yoTKG Disambiguation of 'to organise or separate into groups': 1 3 0 63 25 6 2
  5. (transitive) To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from. Tags: transitive Translations (to separate from the remainder of a group): erotella (Finnish), aussortieren (German), trennen (German), estrarre (Italian), kopana (Maori), sortera ut (Swedish), skilja (Swedish), dela upp (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sort_out-en-verb-THGlBqxm Disambiguation of 'to separate from the remainder of a group': 1 1 0 16 78 2 2
  6. (transitive, British, slang) To take action to stop someone who has been causing trouble, often by physically attacking them. Tags: British, slang, transitive Translations (slang: to attack physically): vetää turpaan (Finnish), helfen (German), zeigen (note: with es) (German), sich jmdn. vorknöpfen (German), nita (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sort_out-en-verb-jJGunWWY Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 2 18 15 44 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 5 11 4 15 14 41 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 8 4 11 10 57 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 10 3 13 16 48 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 6 3 18 14 51 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 9 3 14 11 42 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 9 3 13 9 46 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 13 6 14 10 43 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 12 4 15 12 43 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 4 10 3 15 12 41 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 11 4 14 10 50 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 4 10 3 14 10 42 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 16 3 13 9 40 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 13 4 15 11 45 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 11 5 13 11 48 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 9 3 14 10 42 17 Disambiguation of 'slang: to attack physically': 4 7 0 7 12 44 26
  7. (UK, slang) To provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem. Tags: UK, slang Translations (to provide (somebody) with a necessity): hoitaa (Finnish), besorgen (German), ta hand om (Swedish), fixa (Swedish), fixa ihop (Swedish), skaffa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sort_out-en-verb-MRO3poVA Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'to provide (somebody) with a necessity': 2 3 0 3 2 5 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sort oneself out

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sort oneself out"
    }
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      "form": "sorts out",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "sorting out",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "sorted out",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "sorted out",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's a bit confused at the moment, I'll try to sort it out later.",
          "type": "example"
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      "glosses": [
        "To clarify by reviewing mentally."
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        [
          "clarify",
          "clarify"
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        [
          "reviewing",
          "reviewing"
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          "mentally",
          "mentally"
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        "(transitive) To clarify by reviewing mentally."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 0 4 3 5 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to clarify",
          "word": "selvittää"
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          "_dis1": "80 4 0 4 3 5 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "selvitellä"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 0 4 3 5 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clarify",
          "word": "klären"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 0 4 3 5 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to clarify",
          "word": "ricapitolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 0 4 3 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razbirátʹsja",
          "sense": "to clarify",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "разбира́ться"
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          "_dis1": "80 4 0 4 3 5 3",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razobrátʹsja",
          "sense": "to clarify",
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          ],
          "word": "разобра́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 0 4 3 5 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to clarify",
          "word": "discernir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 0 4 3 5 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to clarify",
          "word": "reda ut"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Could you call Dave and sort out a meeting for tomorrow?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To arrange."
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        "(transitive) To arrange."
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          "_dis1": "1 89 0 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to arrange",
          "word": "bewerkstelligen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 89 0 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to arrange",
          "word": "organisieren"
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          "_dis1": "1 89 0 3 1 4 2",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to arrange",
          "word": "arrangieren"
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          "_dis1": "1 89 0 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to arrange",
          "word": "vereinbaren"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 89 0 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to arrange",
          "word": "einrichten"
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          "_dis1": "1 89 0 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to arrange",
          "word": "organizzare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 89 0 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to arrange",
          "word": "fissare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 89 0 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to arrange",
          "word": "ordna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 89 0 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to arrange",
          "word": "arrangera"
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          "_dis1": "1 89 0 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to arrange",
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        {
          "text": "The computer won't let me delete that file; could you sort it out?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To fix (a problem)."
      ],
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          "problem"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To fix (a problem)."
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          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "word": "selvittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "word": "résoudre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "word": "erledigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "word": "lösen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "word": "beheben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ṭhīk karnā",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "word": "ठीक करना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "word": "risolvere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "word": "sistemare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "word": "resolver completamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ispravljátʹ",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "исправля́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "isprávitʹ",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "испра́вить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ustranjátʹ",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "устраня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ustranítʹ",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "устрани́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "word": "fixa"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 80 0 0 0 20",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to fix problem",
          "word": "lösa"
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        {
          "text": "Could you sort out your wardrobe and put the clothes you no longer use in one pile to give away and another to throw away?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy."
      ],
      "id": "en-sort_out-en-verb-dr5yoTKG",
      "links": [
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        [
          "separate",
          "separate"
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          "tidy",
          "tidy"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 0 63 25 6 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to organise or separate into groups",
          "word": "roztřídit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 0 63 25 6 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to organise or separate into groups",
          "word": "järjestää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 0 63 25 6 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to organise or separate into groups",
          "word": "trier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 0 63 25 6 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to organise or separate into groups",
          "word": "sortieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 0 63 25 6 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to organise or separate into groups",
          "word": "riordinare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 0 63 25 6 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to organise or separate into groups",
          "word": "kōmaka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 0 63 25 6 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to organise or separate into groups",
          "word": "separar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 0 63 25 6 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sortirovátʹ",
          "sense": "to organise or separate into groups",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сортирова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 0 63 25 6 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otsortirovátʹ",
          "sense": "to organise or separate into groups",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "отсортирова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 0 63 25 6 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to organise or separate into groups",
          "word": "organisera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 0 63 25 6 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to organise or separate into groups",
          "word": "sortera"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "We need to sort out the problems we can solve from the ones we can't.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "They've already sorted out the students in group A, so we just need to worry about groups B and C.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from."
      ],
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          "remainder"
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        "(transitive) To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 0 16 78 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to separate from the remainder of a group",
          "word": "erotella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 0 16 78 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to separate from the remainder of a group",
          "word": "aussortieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 0 16 78 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to separate from the remainder of a group",
          "word": "trennen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 0 16 78 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to separate from the remainder of a group",
          "word": "estrarre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 0 16 78 2 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to separate from the remainder of a group",
          "word": "kopana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 0 16 78 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to separate from the remainder of a group",
          "word": "sortera ut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 0 16 78 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to separate from the remainder of a group",
          "word": "skilja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 0 16 78 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to separate from the remainder of a group",
          "word": "dela upp"
        }
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          "text": "If you do that again, I'll soon sort you out.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "2016, Jon Bounds, Danny Smith, Pier Review: A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside:",
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      "sense": "to clarify",
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      "code": "de",
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to organise or separate into groups",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to separate from the remainder of a group",
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      "sense": "to separate from the remainder of a group",
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      "sense": "to separate from the remainder of a group",
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      "sense": "to separate from the remainder of a group",
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      "sense": "slang: to attack physically",
      "word": "helfen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "slang: to attack physically",
      "word": "sich jmdn. vorknöpfen"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "slang: to attack physically",
      "word": "nita"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to provide (somebody) with a necessity",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to provide (somebody) with a necessity",
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