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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." }