word-vault/dist/data/cards/al/also.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "also",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in addition; too",
            "labels": "British EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's fluent in French and German. She also speaks a little Italian."
                },
                {
                    "text": "rubella, **also known as** German measles"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't like it that much. Also, it was much too expensive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jake's father had also been a doctor *(= both Jake and his father were doctors)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was **not only** intelligent **but also** very musical."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He also recently said that he would be leaving at the end of the year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I probably also have a copy of the list."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːlsəʊ/",
                "audio": "al/also/also__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːlsəʊ/",
                "audio": "al/also/also__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English alswā ‘quite so, in that manner, similarly’, composite of all + so."
}