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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "goodbye",
"partOfSpeech": "exclamation, noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used when you are leaving somebody or when somebody else is leaving",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Goodbye! It was great to meet you."
},
{
"text": "She didn't even **say goodbye** to her mother."
},
{
"text": "Say goodbye to Mary for me."
},
{
"text": "We **waved** them **goodbye**."
},
{
"text": "We've already said our goodbyes."
},
{
"text": "**Kiss** me **goodbye**!"
},
{
"text": "Take out our service contract and say goodbye to costly repair bills."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to accept that you will lose something or be unable to do something",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Well, you can kiss goodbye to your chances of promotion."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/",
"audio": "go/goodbye/goodbye__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/",
"audio": "go/goodbye/goodbye__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: contraction of God be with you!, with good substituted on the pattern of phrases such as good morning."
}