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"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "über",
"pos": "preposition",
"t": "above"
},
"expansion": "German über (“above”, preposition)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "over",
"3": "super",
"4": "hyper"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of over, super, and hyper",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From German über (“above”, preposition), which is also used as a prefix (über-); cognate with over. Entered English through Nietzsche's use of the word Übermensch. Doublet of over, super, and hyper.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ubers",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ubering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ubered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ubered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "uber (third-person singular simple present ubers, present participle ubering, simple past and past participle ubered)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Uber"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with uncommon senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative letter-case form of Uber"
],
"links": [
[
"Uber",
"Uber#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncommon) Alternative letter-case form of Uber"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"uncommon"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈuːbə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈyːbə/",
"note": "Germanized",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈuːbəɹ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːbə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "uber"
}
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