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{
"etymology_text": "A reference to a doctor prescribing treatment to alleviate a patient’s illness, or a course of action (exercise, a healthy diet, relaxation, etc.) that will be beneficial to the patient’s health.",
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"expansion": "what the doctor ordered (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"hyphenation": [
"what"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
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"glosses": [
"Exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation; something very beneficial or desirable."
],
"id": "en-what_the_doctor_ordered-en-noun-7xrwn~zR",
"links": [
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"Exactly",
"exactly"
],
[
"necessary",
"necessary"
],
[
"useful",
"useful"
],
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"given",
"given#Adjective"
],
[
"situation",
"situation"
],
[
"beneficial",
"beneficial"
],
[
"desirable",
"desirable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) Exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation; something very beneficial or desirable."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "doctor's orders"
},
{
"word": "you are the doctor"
},
{
"word": "you're the doctor"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "just what the doctor ordered"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "anar com l'anell al dit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "juuri sitä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "mitä lääkäri määrää"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "to, što dóktor propisál",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "то, что до́ктор прописа́л"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "venir de perlas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "venir que ni pintado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "venir al pelo"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "te, ščo líkar propysáv",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "те, що лі́кар прописа́в"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˌʍɒt ðə ˈdɒktə ˌɔːdəd/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌʍɑt ðə ˈdɑktɚ ˌɔɹdɚd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˌwɑt-]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/En-au-just_what_the_doctor_ordered.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "what the doctor ordered"
}
{
"etymology_text": "A reference to a doctor prescribing treatment to alleviate a patient’s illness, or a course of action (exercise, a healthy diet, relaxation, etc.) that will be beneficial to the patient’s health.",
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"hyphenation": [
"what"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
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"word": "doctor's orders"
},
{
"word": "you are the doctor"
},
{
"word": "you're the doctor"
}
],
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"English nouns",
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"glosses": [
"Exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation; something very beneficial or desirable."
],
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"Exactly",
"exactly"
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"necessary",
"necessary"
],
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"given",
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[
"situation",
"situation"
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[
"beneficial",
"beneficial"
],
[
"desirable",
"desirable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) Exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation; something very beneficial or desirable."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌʍɒt ðə ˈdɒktə ˌɔːdəd/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌʍɑt ðə ˈdɑktɚ ˌɔɹdɚd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˌwɑt-]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-just what the doctor ordered.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/En-au-just_what_the_doctor_ordered.ogg/En-au-just_what_the_doctor_ordered.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/En-au-just_what_the_doctor_ordered.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "just what the doctor ordered"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "anar com l'anell al dit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "juuri sitä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "mitä lääkäri määrää"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "to, što dóktor propisál",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "то, что до́ктор прописа́л"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "venir de perlas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "venir que ni pintado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "venir al pelo"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "te, ščo líkar propysáv",
"sense": "exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation",
"word": "те, що лі́кар прописа́в"
}
],
"word": "what the doctor ordered"
}
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