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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "he",
"partOfSpeech": "pronoun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a male person or animal that has already been mentioned or is easily identified",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Everyone liked my father—he was the perfect gentleman."
},
{
"text": "He *(= the man we are watching)* went through that door."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person, male or female, whose sex is not stated or known, especially when referring to somebody mentioned earlier or to a group in general",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)(saying)British EnglishNorth American English",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Every child needs to know that he is loved."
},
{
"text": "He who *(= anyone who)* hesitates is lost."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used when referring to God",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/hi//iː//i//hiː/",
"audio": "he/he/he__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/hi//iː//i//hiː/",
"audio": "he/he/he__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English he, hē, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hij."
}