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"forms": [
{
"form": "coarse",
"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "coarser",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "coarsest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "fine"
},
{
"word": "smooth"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I prefer to season with fine salt instead of coarse salt because it mixes more easily."
}
],
"glosses": [
"When an object is coarse, it is rough and not smooth."
],
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"word": "rough"
}
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Why do you use such coarse language? It makes it seem as you have no manners at all."
}
],
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"If a person is coarse, they are not refined or do not have tact."
],
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}
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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"tags": [
"UK"
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},
{
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},
{
"ipa": "/kɔː(r)s/",
"tags": [
"US"
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},
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},
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"tags": [
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{
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}
{
"forms": [
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]
},
{
"form": "coarser",
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"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "coarsest",
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"superlative"
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}
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},
{
"word": "smooth"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I prefer to season with fine salt instead of coarse salt because it mixes more easily."
}
],
"glosses": [
"When an object is coarse, it is rough and not smooth."
],
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{
"word": "rough"
}
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Why do you use such coarse language? It makes it seem as you have no manners at all."
}
],
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"If a person is coarse, they are not refined or do not have tact."
]
}
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"UK"
]
},
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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},
{
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"US"
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},
{
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"US"
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},
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},
{
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}
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