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{
"term": "and",
"partOfSpeech": "conjunction",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "also; in addition to",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "bread and butter"
},
{
"text": "a table, two chairs and a desk"
},
{
"text": "Sue and I left early."
},
{
"text": "Do it slowly and carefully."
},
{
"text": "Can he read and write?"
},
{
"text": "I cooked lunch. And I made a cake. *(= you are emphasizing how much you have done)*"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "then; following this",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She came in and took her coat off."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used before a verb instead of to, to show purpose",
"sensetop": "go, come, try, stay, etc. and",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Go and get me a pen please."
},
{
"text": "I'll come and see you soon."
},
{
"text": "We stopped and bought some bread."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to introduce a comment or a question",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘We talked for hours.’ ‘And what did you decide?’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "as a result",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Miss another class and you'll fail."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "added to",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "5 and 5 makes 10."
},
{
"text": "What's 47 and 16?"
}
],
"synonyms": "plus1"
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "used between repeated words to show that something is repeated or continuing",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He tried and tried but without success."
},
{
"text": "The pain got worse and worse."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "used between repeated words to show that there are important differences between things or people of the same kind",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I like city life but there are cities and cities."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ənd//ən//n//ænd/",
"audio": "an/and/and__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ənd//ən//n//ænd/",
"audio": "an/and/and__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English and, ond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch en and German und."
}