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"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "synthesize"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/sɪnθ/"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-synth.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/En-au-synth.ogg/En-au-synth.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/En-au-synth.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪnθ"
}
],
"word": "synth"
}
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