open-source in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "open-source",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can help change the code of Firefox to make it better because Firefox is open-source software."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Open-source means software (or sometimes hardware) with code that anyone can see and help improve."
      ],
      "id": "simple-open-source-en-adj-8bNcs-Hh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "open-source"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "open-source",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can help change the code of Firefox to make it better because Firefox is open-source software."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Open-source means software (or sometimes hardware) with code that anyone can see and help improve."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "open-source"
}

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"open-source" meaning in English

Adjective