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"A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)"
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"text": "I'll send you the information via e-mail.",
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"ref": "2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly)",
"text": "A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.",
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gavlit",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "გავლით"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daxmarebit",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "დახმარებით"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "per"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "mittels"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "vermittels"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "via"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "durch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "über"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "via"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "per"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "…de",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "…で"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "…ni yotte",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "…によって"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "preku",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "преку"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "melalui"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "mā"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "via"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "via"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "via"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "drogą"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "przez"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "via"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "via"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "prin"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "posrédstvom",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
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"with-genitive"
],
"word": "посре́дством"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "s pómoščʹju",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"tags": [
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "с по́мощью"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čérez",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"tags": [
"with-accusative"
],
"word": "че́рез"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "po",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"tags": [
"with-dative"
],
"word": "по"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "por"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "per"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "by (means of); using (a medium)",
"word": "via"
}
],
"word": "via"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English three-letter words",
"Rhymes:English/aɪə",
"Rhymes:English/aɪə/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/iːə",
"Rhymes:English/iːə/2 syllables"
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"2": "la",
"3": "viā",
"4": "",
"5": "by the way (of)"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
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"2": "via",
"3": "",
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},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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"pos": "intj",
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"Away! Be off!"
],
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"(obsolete) Away! Be off!"
],
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈvaɪə/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈviː.ə/"
},
{
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{
"rhymes": "-iːə"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-via.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-via.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-via.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-via.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-via.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (UK)"
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "viâ"
}
],
"word": "via"
}
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