{
  "a":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "combining form",
      "indefinite article",
      "noun",
      "noun suffix",
      "prefix",
      "preposition",
      "symbol",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the 1st letter of the English alphabet":[],
      ": a graphic representation of this letter":[],
      ": a speech counterpart of orthographic a":[],
      ": the sixth tone of a C-major scale":[],
      ": a graphic device for reproducing the letter a":[],
      ": one designated a especially as the first in order or class":[],
      ": a grade rating a student's work as superior in quality":[],
      ": one graded or rated with an A":[],
      ": something shaped like the letter A":[],
      ": the one of the four ABO blood groups characterized by the presence of antigens designated by the letter A and by the presence of antibodies against the antigens present in the B blood group":[],
      ": the same":[
        "birds of a feather",
        "swords all of a length"
      ],
      ": any":[
        "a person who is sick can't work"
      ],
      ": in, to, or for each":[
        "twice a week"
      ],
      ": on , in , at":[],
      ": of":[
        "\u2014 often attached to the preceding word kind a lott a"
      ],
      ": have":[
        "I might a had husbands afore now",
        "\u2014 John Bunyan"
      ],
      "absent":[],
      "acceleration":[],
      "acre":[],
      "adult":[],
      "alto":[],
      "amorphous":[
        "\u2014 usually used in combination a -Si"
      ],
      "anode":[],
      "answer":[],
      "ante":[],
      "anterior":[],
      "are":[],
      "area":[],
      "atto-":[],
      "author":[],
      ": on : in : at":[
        "a bed"
      ],
      ": in (such) a state or condition":[
        "a fire"
      ],
      ": in (such) a manner":[
        "a loud"
      ],
      ": in the act or process of":[
        "gone a- hunting",
        "a tingle"
      ],
      ": not : without":[
        "a sexual",
        "\u2014 a- before consonants other than h and sometimes even before h, an- before vowels and usually before h a chromatic a historical an astigmatic an hydrous"
      ],
      ": replacing carbon especially in a ring":[
        "az a-"
      ],
      ": oxide":[
        "silic a"
      ],
      "ace":[],
      "adenine":[],
      "ampere":[],
      "argon":[],
      "angstrom":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "for emphasis (\u02c8)\u0101",
      "Canadian \u02c8a",
      "(\u02c8)\u0101",
      "also (\u02c8)a",
      "or (\u02c8)\u00e4",
      "also (\u02c8)\u0101",
      "(\u02cc)a",
      "\u02c8\u0101",
      "\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a word that begins with an a",
      "a word that begins with a",
      "a song in the key of A",
      "She got an A on the exam."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English \u0101n one \u2014 more at one":"Indefinite article",
      "Middle English, from Old English a-, an, on":"Preposition",
      "Middle English, by contraction":"Preposition",
      "Middle English, contraction of have":"Verb",
      "Middle English, from Old English":"Prefix",
      "Latin & Greek; Latin, from Greek \u2014 more at un-":"Prefix",
      "perhaps from -a- in ring compounds such as thiazole (in which -a- is the initial of azole )":"Combining form",
      "New Latin, from -a (as in magnesia )":"Noun suffix"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Indefinite article",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Preposition",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153322"
  }
}