dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/a_mw.json
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{
"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"
}
}