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"word": "wszechstronność"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "the property of being versatile or having many different abilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "versatilidade"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "mnogostoronnostʹ",
"sense": "the property of being versatile or having many different abilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "многосторонность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "raznostoronnostʹ",
"sense": "the property of being versatile or having many different abilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "разносторонность"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "the property of being versatile or having many different abilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "versatilidad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "the property of being versatile or having many different abilities",
"word": "mångsidighet"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "the property of being versatile or having many different abilities",
"word": "ombytlighet"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "the property of being versatile or having many different abilities",
"word": "flexibilitet"
}
],
"word": "versatility"
}
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