"sudden" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsʌdən/, [ˈsʌdn̩] Audio: en-us-sudden.ogg [US] Forms: suddener [comparative], suddenest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌdən Etymology: From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sodeyn}} Middle English sodeyn, {{m|enm|sodain}} sodain, {{uder|en|xno|sodein}} Anglo-Norman sodein, {{uder|en|fro|sodain}} Old French sodain, {{m|fro|subdain||immediate, sudden}} subdain (“immediate, sudden”), {{uder|en|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{m|la||subitānus|sudden}} subitānus (“sudden”), {{uder|en|la|subitāneus||sudden}} Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), {{m|la|subitus||sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily}} subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), {{m|la|subeō|subīre|to come or go stealthily}} subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), {{m|la|sub||under}} sub (“under”), {{m|la|eō|īre|go}} īre (“go”), {{doublet|en|subitaneous}} Doublet of subitaneous, {{ncog|ang|fǣrlīċ}} Old English fǣrlīċ Head templates: {{en-adj|suddener}} sudden (comparative suddener, superlative suddenest)
  1. Happening quickly and with little or no warning. Synonyms (happening quickly): abrupt Translations (happening quickly and with little or no warning): αἰφνίδιος (aiphnídios) (Ancient Greek), مُبَاغِت (mubāḡit) (Arabic), مُفَاجِئ (mufājiʔ) (Arabic), հանկարծակի (hankarcaki) (Armenian), անակնկալ (anaknkal) (Armenian), рапто́ўны (raptóŭny) (Belarusian), внезапен (vnezapen) (Bulgarian), sobtat (Catalan), kalit (Cebuano), 突然 (tūrán) (Chinese Mandarin), 急劇 (Chinese Mandarin), 急剧 (jíjù) (Chinese Mandarin), náhlý (Czech), brat (Danish), pludselig (Danish), plotseling (Dutch), plotselinge (Dutch), subita (Esperanto), äkiline (Estonian), yhtäkkinen (Finnish), äkillinen (Finnish), soudain (French), subit (French), repentino (Galician), súbito (Galician), plötzlich (German), jäh (German), ξαφνικός (xafnikós) (Greek), פתאומי (pit'omi) (Hebrew), hirtelen (Hungarian), skyndilegur (Icelandic), tobann (Irish), improvviso (Italian), 突然の (totsuzen no) (alt: とつぜんの) (Japanese), ភ្លាម (phliəm) (Khmer), 급격한 (geupgyeok-han) (Korean), ūms (Latgalian), pieškys (Latgalian), subitus (Latin), repentinus (Latin), repens (Latin), pēkšņs (Latvian), spējš (Latvian), straujš (Latvian), aššõ (Livonian), ненадеен (nenadeen) (Macedonian), нагол (nagol) (Macedonian), പെട്ടെന്ന് (peṭṭennŭ) (Malayalam), ohotata (Maori), whawhati tata (Maori), matawhawhati (Maori), гэнэт (genet) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᢉᠡᠨᠡᠳᠲᠡ [Mongolian] (Mongolian), subte (Occitan), fǣrlīċ (Old English), nagły (Polish), repentino (Portuguese), súbito (Portuguese), subit (Romanian), brusc (Romanian), neașteptat (Romanian), neprevăzut (Romanian), неожи́данный (neožídannyj) (Russian), внеза́пный (vnezápnyj) (Russian), fa'afuase'i (Samoan), obann (Scottish Gaelic), grad (Scottish Gaelic), ȉznenādan (Serbo-Croatian), nȅnādan (Serbo-Croatian), nágao (Serbo-Croatian), náhly (Slovak), repentino (Spanish), súbito (Spanish), brusco (Spanish), ghafla (Swahili), plötslig (Swedish), biglaan (Tagalog), kagyat (Tagalog), kaagad (Tagalog), bigla (Tagalog), mabilis (Tagalog), kaginsa-ginsa (Tagalog), హఠాత్తుగా (haṭhāttugā) (Telugu), అకస్మాత్తుగా (akasmāttugā) (Telugu), กะทันหัน (gà-tan-hǎn) (Thai), fakatuʻupakē (Tongan), ani (Turkish), рапто́вий (raptóvyj) (Ukrainian), несподі́ваний (nespodívanyj) (Ukrainian), на́глий (náhlyj) (Ukrainian), thình lình (Vietnamese), đột ngột (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-sudden-en-adj-WUXqKI7R Disambiguation of 'happening quickly': 77 19 4 Disambiguation of 'happening quickly and with little or no warning': 91 7 2
  2. (obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-sudden-en-adj-RB4x7a5r Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 8 10 35 32 15
  3. (obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. Tags: obsolete Synonyms (hasty, rash): hotheaded
    Sense id: en-sudden-en-adj-OkCExF8g Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 8 10 35 32 15 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 40 46 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 3 49 35 10 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 5 6 38 42 9 Disambiguation of 'hasty, rash': 4 8 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: precipitous, subitaneous, impetuous, impulsive, reckless, precipitant, precipitate, spontaneous, sudden, suddent Hypernyms: instantaneous Related terms: summary, unceremonious, immediately, speedy

Adverb

IPA: /ˈsʌdən/, [ˈsʌdn̩] Audio: en-us-sudden.ogg [US] Forms: more sudden [comparative], most sudden [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌdən Etymology: From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sodeyn}} Middle English sodeyn, {{m|enm|sodain}} sodain, {{uder|en|xno|sodein}} Anglo-Norman sodein, {{uder|en|fro|sodain}} Old French sodain, {{m|fro|subdain||immediate, sudden}} subdain (“immediate, sudden”), {{uder|en|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{m|la||subitānus|sudden}} subitānus (“sudden”), {{uder|en|la|subitāneus||sudden}} Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), {{m|la|subitus||sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily}} subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), {{m|la|subeō|subīre|to come or go stealthily}} subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), {{m|la|sub||under}} sub (“under”), {{m|la|eō|īre|go}} īre (“go”), {{doublet|en|subitaneous}} Doublet of subitaneous, {{ncog|ang|fǣrlīċ}} Old English fǣrlīċ Head templates: {{en-adv}} sudden (comparative more sudden, superlative most sudden)
  1. (poetic) Suddenly. Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-sudden-en-adv-KRB-tjUq Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 8 10 35 32 15 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 40 46 9 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 5 6 38 42 9

Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌdən/, [ˈsʌdn̩] Audio: en-us-sudden.ogg [US] Forms: suddens [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌdən Etymology: From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sodeyn}} Middle English sodeyn, {{m|enm|sodain}} sodain, {{uder|en|xno|sodein}} Anglo-Norman sodein, {{uder|en|fro|sodain}} Old French sodain, {{m|fro|subdain||immediate, sudden}} subdain (“immediate, sudden”), {{uder|en|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{m|la||subitānus|sudden}} subitānus (“sudden”), {{uder|en|la|subitāneus||sudden}} Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), {{m|la|subitus||sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily}} subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), {{m|la|subeō|subīre|to come or go stealthily}} subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), {{m|la|sub||under}} sub (“under”), {{m|la|eō|īre|go}} īre (“go”), {{doublet|en|subitaneous}} Doublet of subitaneous, {{ncog|ang|fǣrlīċ}} Old English fǣrlīċ Head templates: {{en-noun}} sudden (plural suddens)
  1. (obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: all of the sudden, of a sudden, on a sudden, upon a sudden
    Sense id: en-sudden-en-noun-4LLCRgvD Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 8 10 35 32 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: all of a sudden

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "անակնկալ"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
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          "word": "рапто́ўны"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tūrán",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "突然"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "急劇"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jíjù",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "急剧"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "náhlý"
        },
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          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "brat"
        },
        {
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "pludselig"
        },
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          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "plotseling"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "plotselinge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "subita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "äkiline"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "yhtäkkinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "äkillinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "soudain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "subit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "repentino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "súbito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "plötzlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "jäh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "xafnikós",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "aiphnídios",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "αἰφνίδιος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "pit'omi",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "פתאומי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "hirtelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "skyndilegur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "tobann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "improvviso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "alt": "とつぜんの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "totsuzen no",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "突然の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phliəm",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ភ្លាម"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geupgyeok-han",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "급격한"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ūms"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "pieškys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "subitus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "repentinus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "repens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "pēkšņs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "spējš"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "straujš"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "liv",
          "lang": "Livonian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "aššõ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nenadeen",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ненадеен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nagol",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "нагол"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "peṭṭennŭ",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "പെട്ടെന്ന്"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ohotata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "whawhati tata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "matawhawhati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "genet",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "гэнэт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᢉᠡᠨᠡᠳᠲᠡ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "subte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "fǣrlīċ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "nagły"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "repentino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "súbito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "subit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "brusc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "neașteptat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "neprevăzut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neožídannyj",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "неожи́данный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vnezápnyj",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "внеза́пный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "sm",
          "lang": "Samoan",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "fa'afuase'i"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "obann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "grad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ȉznenādan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "nȅnādan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "nágao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "náhly"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "repentino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "súbito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "brusco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ghafla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "plötslig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "biglaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "kagyat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "kaagad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "bigla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "mabilis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "kaginsa-ginsa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "haṭhāttugā",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "హఠాత్తుగా"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "akasmāttugā",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "అకస్మాత్తుగా"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gà-tan-hǎn",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "กะทันหัน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "to",
          "lang": "Tongan",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "fakatuʻupakē"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "ani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "raptóvyj",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "рапто́вий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nespodívanyj",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "несподі́ваний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "náhlyj",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "на́глий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "thình lình"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 7 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
          "word": "đột ngột"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "8 10 35 32 15",
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 1, scene 1",
          "text": "Never was such a sudden scholar made.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes",
          "text": "Thus these pious flourishes and colours, examined thoroughly, are like the apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye; but look well upon them, or at least but touch them, and they turn into cinders.",
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        "Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid."
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        "(obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid."
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 2, scene 2",
          "text": "I have no joy of this contract to-night: / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;",
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        "Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate."
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          "violent"
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        "(obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate."
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      "ipa": "/ˈsʌdən/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈsʌdn̩]"
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        "5": "sudden"
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      "word": "sudden infant death syndrome"
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      "word": "sudden unexpected death syndrome"
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        "(obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate."
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      "ipa": "[ˈsʌdn̩]"
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      "sense": "happening quickly",
      "word": "abrupt"
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      "word": "precipitous"
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      "word": "subitaneous"
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      "sense": "hasty, rash",
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      "word": "impetuous"
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      "word": "reckless"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:sudden",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:sudden",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "mubāḡit",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "مُبَاغِت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "mufājiʔ",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "مُفَاجِئ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hankarcaki",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "հանկարծակի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anaknkal",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "անակնկալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "raptóŭny",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "рапто́ўны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vnezapen",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "внезапен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "sobtat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "kalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tūrán",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "突然"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "急劇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jíjù",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "急剧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "náhlý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "brat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "pludselig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "plotseling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "plotselinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "subita"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "äkiline"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "yhtäkkinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "äkillinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "soudain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "subit"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "repentino"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "súbito"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "plötzlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "jäh"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xafnikós",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ξαφνικός"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aiphnídios",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "αἰφνίδιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pit'omi",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "פתאומי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "hirtelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "skyndilegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "tobann"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "improvviso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とつぜんの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "totsuzen no",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "突然の"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phliəm",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ភ្លាម"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geupgyeok-han",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "급격한"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ūms"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "pieškys"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "subitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "repentinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "repens"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "pēkšņs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "spējš"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "straujš"
    },
    {
      "code": "liv",
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "aššõ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nenadeen",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ненадеен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nagol",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "нагол"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "peṭṭennŭ",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "പെട്ടെന്ന്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ohotata"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "whawhati tata"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "matawhawhati"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "genet",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "гэнэт"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᢉᠡᠨᠡᠳᠲᠡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "subte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "fǣrlīċ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "nagły"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "repentino"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "súbito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "subit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "brusc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "neașteptat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "neprevăzut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neožídannyj",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "неожи́данный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnezápnyj",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "внеза́пный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "fa'afuase'i"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "obann"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "grad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ȉznenādan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "nȅnādan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "nágao"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "náhly"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "repentino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "súbito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "brusco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ghafla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "plötslig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "biglaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "kagyat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "kaagad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "bigla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "mabilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "kaginsa-ginsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "haṭhāttugā",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "హఠాత్తుగా"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "akasmāttugā",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "అకస్మాత్తుగా"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gà-tan-hǎn",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "กะทันหัน"
    },
    {
      "code": "to",
      "lang": "Tongan",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "fakatuʻupakē"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "ani"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "raptóvyj",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "рапто́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nespodívanyj",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "несподі́ваний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "náhlyj",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "на́глий"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "thình lình"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "happening quickly and with little or no warning",
      "word": "đột ngột"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sudden"
}

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        "3": "-"
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "4": "go"
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        "2": "fǣrlīċ"
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      "name": "ncog"
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      "form": "more sudden",
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        "Suddenly."
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        "(poetic) Suddenly."
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      "ipa": "/ˈsʌdən/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈsʌdn̩]"
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}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English undefined derivations",
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      "word": "all of a sudden"
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    {
      "word": "all of the sudden"
    },
    {
      "word": "of a sudden"
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    {
      "word": "on a sudden"
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    {
      "word": "upon a sudden"
    }
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "uder"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "subīre",
        "4": "to come or go stealthily"
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      "expansion": "subīre (“to come or go stealthily”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sub",
        "3": "",
        "4": "under"
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      "expansion": "sub (“under”)",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "īre",
        "4": "go"
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      "expansion": "īre (“go”)",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "name": "doublet"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "fǣrlīċ"
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      "expansion": "Old English fǣrlīċ",
      "name": "ncog"
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "An unexpected occurrence; a surprise."
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        "(obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise."
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      "ipa": "/ˈsʌdən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʌdn̩]"
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      "rhymes": "-ʌdən"
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    {
      "audio": "en-us-sudden.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/En-us-sudden.ogg/En-us-sudden.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/En-us-sudden.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sudden"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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