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"sense": "planetary engineering",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "teraformiranje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "planetary engineering",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "terraformación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "planetary engineering",
"word": "terraformning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "planetary engineering",
"word": "terraformering"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "planetary engineering",
"word": "Dünyalaştırma"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "teraformuvánnja",
"sense": "planetary engineering",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тераформува́ння"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "planetary engineering",
"word": "địa khai hóa"
}
],
"word": "terraforming"
}
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"English uncountable nouns",
"English verb forms",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)mɪŋ",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)mɪŋ/2 syllables",
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"en:Space colonization"
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"ter‧ra‧form‧ing"
],
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "terraform"
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"present participle and gerund of terraform"
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"terraform",
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"ipa": "/ˈtɛɹəfɔːmɪŋ/",
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"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)mɪŋ"
}
],
"word": "terraforming"
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