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"examples": [
{
"text": "We take turns to answer the phone."
},
{
"text": "Round-robin scheduling arranges to have all teams or players take turns playing each other"
}
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"Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately."
],
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"(intransitive) Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately."
],
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"english": "for two people",
"word": "alternate"
},
{
"word": "take it in turns"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "adanetliyvsdiha",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "輪班"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lúnbān",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "轮班"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "輪換"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lúnhuàn",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "轮换"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiāotì",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "交替"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎotì",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "倒替"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "skiftes ad"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "vuorotella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "se relayer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "faire quelque chose à tour de rôle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "sich abwechseln"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "avvicendarsi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "rullere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "robić na zmianę"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "revezar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smenjatʹsja",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "сменяться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čeredovatʹsja",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "чередоваться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "turnarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "alternarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "rotarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "turas om"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čerhuvátysja",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чергува́тися"
}
]
}
],
"word": "take turns"
}
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{
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"form": "took turns",
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{
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"text": "We take turns to answer the phone."
},
{
"text": "Round-robin scheduling arranges to have all teams or players take turns playing each other"
}
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"Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately."
],
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"(intransitive) Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately."
],
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"intransitive"
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}
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"english": "for two people",
"word": "alternate"
},
{
"word": "take it in turns"
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "adanetliyvsdiha",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "輪班"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lúnbān",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "轮班"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "輪換"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lúnhuàn",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "轮换"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiāotì",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "交替"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎotì",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "倒替"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "skiftes ad"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "vuorotella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "se relayer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "faire quelque chose à tour de rôle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "sich abwechseln"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "avvicendarsi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "rullere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "robić na zmianę"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "revezar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smenjatʹsja",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "сменяться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čeredovatʹsja",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "чередоваться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "turnarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "alternarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "rotarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"word": "turas om"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čerhuvátysja",
"sense": "do the same thing one after another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чергува́тися"
}
],
"word": "take turns"
}
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