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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "unspecific"
},
{
"word": "nonspecific"
},
{
"english": "intended for a particular thing",
"sense": "antonym(s) of",
"word": "broad"
},
{
"word": "general"
},
{
"word": "generic"
},
{
"word": "universal"
},
{
"word": "all-purpose"
},
{
"word": "era-specific"
},
{
"word": "general-purpose"
},
{
"word": "gross"
},
{
"word": "group-specific antigen"
},
{
"word": "non-specific"
},
{
"word": "overall"
},
{
"word": "pandemic"
},
{
"word": "specific activity"
},
{
"word": "specific gravity bottle"
},
{
"word": "widespread"
}
],
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"word": "antiphosphospecific"
},
{
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"word": "domain-specific language"
},
{
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"word": "donor-specific antibody"
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{
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"word": "gender-specific"
},
{
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"word": "JVM-specific"
},
{
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"word": "prespecific"
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{
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"word": "prostate-specific antigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitor"
},
{
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"word": "specifically"
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{
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"word": "specific charge"
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{
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"word": "specific contract"
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{
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"word": "specific density"
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{
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"word": "specific energy"
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{
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"word": "specific epithet"
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{
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"word": "specific fuel consumption"
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{
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"word": "specific gravity"
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{
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"word": "specific heat"
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{
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"word": "specific heat capacity"
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{
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"word": "specific humidity"
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{
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"word": "specific impulse"
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{
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"word": "specificity"
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{
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"word": "specificker"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "specific language impairment"
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{
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"word": "specific leaf area"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "specific name"
},
{
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"word": "specific performance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "specific phobia"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "specific power"
},
{
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"word": "specific resistance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "specific risk"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "specific rotation"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "specific thrust"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "specific volume"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "specific weight"
}
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{
"args": {
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"2": "fro",
"3": "specifique"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "LL.",
"3": "specificus",
"4": "",
"5": "specific, particular"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular”)",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
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"3": "speciēs",
"4": "",
"5": "kind"
},
"expansion": "Latin speciēs (“kind”)",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "faciō",
"3": "",
"4": "make"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French specifique, from Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular”), from Latin speciēs (“kind”) + faciō (“make”).",
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{
"form": "more specific",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
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"name": "en-adj"
}
],
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"spe‧cif‧ic"
],
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"word": "application-specific"
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{
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"word": "array-specific"
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{
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"word": "browser-specific"
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{
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{
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"word": "CLR-specific"
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{
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"word": "company-specific"
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{
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"word": "conspecific"
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{
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"word": "container-specific"
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{
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"word": "culture-specific"
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{
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"word": "database-specific"
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{
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{
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"word": "domain-specific"
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{
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"word": "Eclipse-specific"
},
{
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"word": "flight-specific"
},
{
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"word": "gender-specific"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "HTTP-specific"
},
{
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"word": "infraspecific"
},
{
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"word": "interspecific"
},
{
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"word": "intraspecific"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "JSON-specific"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "MySQL-specific"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "osmospecific"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "OS-specific"
},
{
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"word": "platform-specific"
},
{
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"word": "problem-specific"
},
{
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"word": "program-specific"
},
{
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"word": "prostate-specific"
},
{
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"word": "recording-specific"
},
{
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"word": "serotonin-specific"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "server-specific"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "spaceflight-specific"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "species-specific"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "store-specific"
},
{
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"word": "task-specific"
},
{
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"word": "topic-specific"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
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"word": "generic"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"explicit or definite."
],
"id": "en-specific-en-adj-en:explicit_or_definite",
"links": [
[
"explicit",
"explicit"
],
[
"definite",
"definite"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:explicit or definite"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "84 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 2",
"sense": "explicit",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "express"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "específicu"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "specifíčen",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "специфи́чен"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opredelén",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "определе́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "específic"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "konkrétní"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "specifiek"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "specifa"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "kindel"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "erityinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "tietty"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "específico"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "spezifisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sygkekriménos",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "συγκεκριμένος"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "m’suyam",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "מסוים"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "konkrét"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "specifikus"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "spesifik"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "specifico"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"alt": "とくてい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tokutei",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "特定"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"alt": "ぐたいてき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gutaiteki",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "具体的"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "specialis"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "tauwhāiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "tautohu"
},
{
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "especific"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "konkretny"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "específico"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "specific"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"english": "obvious, explicit",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jávnyj",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "я́вный"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "konkrétnyj",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"tags": [
"concrete"
],
"word": "конкре́тный"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "specifíčeskij",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "специфи́ческий"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "niścita",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "නිශ්චිත"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "específico"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "specifik"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "bo",
"english": "bye brag",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "བྱེ་བྲག"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "konkrétnyj",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "конкре́тний"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "specyfíčnyj",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "специфі́чний"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "penodol"
}
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Taxonomy",
"orig": "en:Taxonomy",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Evolutionary theory",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2008, Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing, Oxford, published 2009, page 3",
"text": "Science and literature, then, are the two achievements of Homo sapiens that most convincingly justify the specific name.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species."
],
"id": "en-specific-en-adj-en:of_a_taxonomic_species_of_life",
"links": [
[
"taxonomy",
"taxonomy"
],
[
"species",
"species"
]
],
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"(bioscience, taxonomy) pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species."
],
"senseid": [
"en:of a taxonomic species of life"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
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],
"translations": [
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vídov",
"sense": "of, or relating to a species",
"word": "ви́дов"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of, or relating to a species",
"word": "específic"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of, or relating to a species",
"word": "laji-"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "of, or relating to a species",
"word": "lajityyppinen"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of, or relating to a species",
"word": "específico"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vidovój",
"sense": "of, or relating to a species",
"word": "видово́й"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species",
"word": "específic"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species",
"word": "laji-"
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{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species",
"word": "específico"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"special, distinctive or unique."
],
"id": "en-specific-en-adj-en:special",
"links": [
[
"special",
"special"
],
[
"distinctive",
"distinctive"
],
[
"unique",
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],
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{
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}
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "specifíčen",
"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
"word": "специфи́чен"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "osóben",
"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
"word": "осо́бен"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
"word": "específic"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
"word": "specifický"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
"word": "eriline"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
"word": "erityinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "eidikós",
"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
"word": "ειδικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
"word": "spesifik"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
"word": "particolare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
"word": "tauwhāiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
"word": "specyficzny"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
"word": "osobliwy"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 1 1 1 1 0 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
"word": "осо́бенный"
},
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "pt",
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"word": "específico"
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{
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"word": "specific"
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{
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"sense": "explicit or definite",
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"lang": "Tibetan",
"sense": "explicit or definite",
"word": "བྱེ་བྲག"
},
{
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"sense": "explicit or definite",
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{
"code": "ca",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "pt",
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{
"code": "ru",
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{
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"code": "it",
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{
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{
"code": "pl",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "special, distinctive or unique",
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osóbyj",
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"code": "uk",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
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"word": "специфичен"
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"sense": "of a value divided by the mass",
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"sense": "of a value divided by the mass",
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"sense": "of a measure compared to a standard reference",
"word": "relativní"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "of a measure compared to a standard reference",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "distinguishing attribute",
"word": "erityispiirre"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "distinguishing attribute",
"word": "ominaispiirre"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "distinguishing attribute",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spezifik"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "distinguishing attribute",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "specific"
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