word-vault/dist/data/cards/sh/shall.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "shall",
    "partOfSpeech": "modal verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "",
            "heSheIt": ""
        },
        "pastSimple": "should",
        "pastParticiple": "",
        "ingForm": ""
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used with I and we for talking about or predicting the future",
            "labels": "(becoming old-fashioned)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This time next week I shall be in Scotland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We shan't be gone long."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I said that I should be pleased to help."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used in questions with I and we for making offers or suggestions or asking advice",
            "labels": "North American EnglishBritish English(British English or formal, North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Shall I send you the book?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What shall we do this weekend?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's look at it again, shall we?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used to show that you are determined, or to give an order or instruction",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned or formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He is determined that you shall succeed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Candidates shall remain in their seats until all the papers have been collected."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃəl//ʃæl/",
                "audio": "sh/shall/shall__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃɑːnt/",
                "audio": "sh/shall/shan_t_1_gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃʊd/",
                "audio": "sh/shall/should__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃəl//ʃæl/",
                "audio": "sh/shall/shall__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃænt/",
                "audio": "sh/shall/shan_t_1_us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃʊd/",
                "audio": "sh/shall/should__us_3_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English sceal, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zal and German soll, from a base meaning ‘owe’."
}