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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "especial",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "greater or better than usual; special in some way or for a particular group",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a matter of especial importance"
},
{
"text": "The lecture will be of especial interest to history students."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈspeʃl/",
"audio": "es/especial/especial__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈspeʃl/",
"audio": "es/especial/especial__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin specialis ‘special’, from species, literally ‘appearance, form, beauty’, from specere ‘to look’."
}