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{
"term": "can",
"partOfSpeech": "modal verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "",
"heSheIt": ""
},
"pastSimple": "past simple could",
"pastParticiple": "",
"ingForm": ""
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used to say that it is possible for somebody/something to do something, or for something to happen",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can run fast."
},
{
"text": "Can you call back tomorrow?"
},
{
"text": "He couldn't answer the question."
},
{
"text": "The stadium can be emptied in four minutes."
},
{
"text": "I can't promise anything, but I'll do what I can."
},
{
"text": "Please let us know if you cannot attend the meeting."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to say that somebody knows how to do something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She can speak Spanish."
},
{
"text": "Can you cook?"
},
{
"text": "I could drive a car before I left school."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used with the verbs ‘feel’, ‘hear’, ‘see’, ‘smell’, ‘taste’",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She could feel the warnth of the sun on her face."
},
{
"text": "I can hear music."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to show that somebody is allowed to do something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can take the car, if you want."
},
{
"text": "We can't wear jeans at work."
}
],
"topics": ["Permission and obligation"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "used to ask permission to do something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Can I read your newspaper?"
},
{
"text": "Can I take you home?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "used to ask somebody to help you",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Can you help me with this box?"
},
{
"text": "Can you feed the cat, please?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "used to make suggestions",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We can eat in a restaurant, if you like."
},
{
"text": "I can take the car if necessary."
}
],
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "used in the negative for saying that you are sure something is not true",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "That can't be Mary—she's in New York."
},
{
"text": "He can't have slept through all that noise."
}
],
"topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "used to express doubt or surprise",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "What can they be doing?"
},
{
"text": "Can he be serious?"
},
{
"text": "Where can she have put it?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 10,
"definition": "used to say what somebody/something is often like",
"cefr": "b1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He can be very tactless sometimes."
},
{
"text": "It can be quite cold here in winter."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 11,
"definition": "used to say that somebody must do something, usually when you are angry",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can shut up or get out!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "as happy, etc. as possible",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you do not like something and are unwilling to accept it",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't be doing with people who complain all the time."
},
{
"text": "I can’t be doing with you moaning all the time."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you are not able or willing to do something",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Sorry, no can do. I just don't have the time."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kən//kæn/",
"audio": "ca/can/can__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkænɒt/",
"audio": "ca/can/cannot__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kɑːnt/",
"audio": "ca/can/can_t_1_gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəd//kʊd/",
"audio": "co/can/could__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkʊdnt/",
"audio": "co/can/couldn_t_1_gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kən//kæn/",
"audio": "ca/can/can__us_1_rr.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkænɑːt/",
"audio": "ca/can/cannot__us_1_rr.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kænt/",
"audio": "ca/can/can_t_1_us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəd//kʊd/",
"audio": "co/can/could__us_3_rr.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkʊdnt/",
"audio": "co/can/couldn_t_1_us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English cunnan ‘know’ (in Middle English ‘know how to’), related to Dutch kunnen and German können; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin gnoscere ‘know’ and Greek gignōskein ‘know’."
}