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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "continent",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with the control of your feelings, especially your desire to have sex",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "able to control the bladder and bowels",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɒntɪnənt/",
"audio": "xc/continent/xcontinent__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːntɪnənt/",
"audio": "xc/continent/xcontinent__us_2_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense 1): from Old French, or from Latin continent- ‘holding together’. Sense 2 dates from the early 19th cent."
}