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"sense": "to multiply by three",
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{
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"sense": "to multiply by three",
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"sense": "to multiply by three",
"word": "verdrievoudigen"
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"sense": "to multiply by three",
"word": "kolminkertaistaa"
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"sense": "to multiply by three",
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"sense": "to multiply by three",
"word": "სამმაგდება"
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"sense": "to multiply by three",
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"sense": "to multiply by three",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to multiply by three",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to multiply by three",
"word": "tātoru"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to multiply by three",
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"sense": "to multiply by three",
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"code": "nn",
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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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