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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

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{ "term": "rookie", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a person who has just started a job or an activity and has very little experience", "labels": "(especially North American English)", "examples": [ { "text": "The transition from rookie to fighter pilot starts with selection day." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a member of a sports team in his or her first full year of playing that sport", "labels": "(North American English)", "examples": [ { "text": "Derek Jeter was voted American League Rookie of the Year in 1996." }, { "text": "a rookie quarterback" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈrʊki/", "audio": "ro/rookie/rookie__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈrʊki/", "audio": "ro/rookie/rookie__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late 19th cent.: perhaps an alteration of recruit, influenced by rook ‘black bird’." }