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"text": "The abbreviation CIA stands for \"Central Intelligence Agency\"."
},
{
"ref": "2014 September 23, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Some teachers festoon every spare inch of wall with vocabulary choices or maths techniques to use, which look great at first, but to some children might appear quite daunting. You'll probably see unfamiliar acronyms such as Walt (We Are Learning To). Be sure to ask what they stand for and how they are used in practice.",
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"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "إِسْتَنَدَ"
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"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "staan voor"
},
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"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "rappresentare"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
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"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
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"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "significar"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "querer dizer"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "označátʹ",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "означа́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "96 2 2",
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"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "significar"
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"_dis1": "96 2 2",
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"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
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"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
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"word": "سَانَدَ"
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"sense": "to advocate or support",
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"lang": "German",
"note": "einsetzen (reflexive + für)",
"sense": "to advocate or support"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "eintreten"
},
{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "unterstützen"
},
{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "sostenere"
},
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "sosténer"
},
{
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "to advocate or support",
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"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "stå för"
},
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"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "stödja"
},
{
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "förespråka"
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"text": "We won't stand for that type of behaviour."
}
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"To tolerate"
],
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to tolerate",
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{
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"text": "The abbreviation CIA stands for \"Central Intelligence Agency\"."
},
{
"ref": "2014 September 23, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Some teachers festoon every spare inch of wall with vocabulary choices or maths techniques to use, which look great at first, but to some children might appear quite daunting. You'll probably see unfamiliar acronyms such as Walt (We Are Learning To). Be sure to ask what they stand for and how they are used in practice.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To mean; to symbolize; to represent"
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"mean",
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],
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],
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"support",
"support"
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},
{
"examples": [
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"text": "We won't stand for that type of behaviour."
}
],
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],
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}
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔistanada",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "إِسْتَنَدَ"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "staan voor"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "rappresentare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "significare"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "representar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "simbolizar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "significar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "significar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "querer dizer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "označátʹ",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "означа́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "significar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "representar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to mean, symbolize or represent",
"word": "stå för"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sānada",
"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "سَانَدَ"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "voorstaan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "einsetzen (reflexive + für)",
"sense": "to advocate or support"
},
{
"alt": "+ für",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "eintreten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "unterstützen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "sostenere"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "sosténer"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "defendre"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "stå för"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "stödja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to advocate or support",
"word": "förespråka"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terpetʹ",
"sense": "to tolerate",
"word": "терпеть"
}
],
"word": "stand for"
}
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