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{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "takoria",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "তাকৰীয়া"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "seyrək"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hirək",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "һирәк"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "rédki",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "рэ́дкі"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rjádǎk",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "ря́дък"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "dispers"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "espars"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "řídký"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "verspreid"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "hõre"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "harva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "épars"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "clairsemé"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mečxeri",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "მეჩხერი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "spärlich"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dalíl",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דליל"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "ritka"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "ritkás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "szórványos"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "sparso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "spargolo"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "redok",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "редок"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "rědŭkŭ",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "рѣдъкъ"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "рије́дак"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "rédak"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "rijédak"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "rzadki"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "esparso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "disperso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rédkij",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "ре́дкий"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ре́дак"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "riedky"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "disperso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "gles"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ridkýj",
"sense": "having widely spaced intervals",
"word": "рідки́й"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "yl"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xereṅa",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "সেৰেঙা"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "seyrək"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hirək",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "һирәк"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "clar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "escàs"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "řídký"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "schaars"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "dun"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "mager"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "harva"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mečxeri",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "მეჩხერი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "txeli",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "თხელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mc̣iri",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "მწირი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "spärlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "dünn"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "gyér"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "denn"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "ralo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "rar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rédkij",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "ре́дкий"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "thưa"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "not dense; meager",
"word": "thưa thớt"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razrežónnyj",
"sense": "having few nonzero elements",
"word": "разрежённый"
}
],
"word": "sparse"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms borrowed from Latin",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
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"Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)s/1 syllable"
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"2": "la",
"3": "sparsus"
},
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"name": "bor"
}
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{
"form": "sparses",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sparsing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sparsed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sparsed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "sparse (third-person singular simple present sparses, present participle sparsing, simple past and past participle sparsed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
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"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1536, [Richard Morison], A Remedy for Sedition, London: […] Thomae Bertheleti […], →OCLC, signature F. i.",
"text": "They began properly to ſparſe pretye rumours in the North, that no man ſhulde eate whyte breade, no man eate pygge, gooſe, or capon, without he agreed before with the kynge.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To disperse, to scatter."
],
"links": [
[
"disperse",
"disperse#Verb"
],
[
"scatter",
"scatter#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To disperse, to scatter."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "disperse"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/spɑːs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/spɑːɹs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)s"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Gibraltar Rocks-sparse.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Gibraltar_Rocks-sparse.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Gibraltar_Rocks-sparse.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Gibraltar_Rocks-sparse.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Gibraltar_Rocks-sparse.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
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"word": "sparse"
}
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"called_from": "page/2386",
"msg": "inconsistent language codes cu vs sh in translation item: 't' {1: 'sh', 2: 'рије́дак'}",
"path": [
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "sparse",
"trace": ""
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