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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "some",
"partOfSpeech": "determiner",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used with uncountable nouns or plural countable nouns to mean ‘an amount of’ or ‘a number of’, when the amount or number is not given",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "There's some milk in the fridge."
},
{
"text": "Have some more vegetables."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to refer to certain members of a group or certain types of a thing, but not all of them",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Some people find this more difficult than others."
},
{
"text": "Some people never seem to put on weight while others are always on a diet."
},
{
"text": "I like some modern music *(= but not all of it)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a large number or amount of something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was with some surprise that I heard the news."
},
{
"text": "We've known each other for some years now."
},
{
"text": "We're going to be working together for **some time** *(= a long time)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a small amount or number of something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "There is some hope that things will improve."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "used with singular nouns to refer to a person, place, thing or time that is not known or not identified",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "There must be some mistake."
},
{
"text": "He's in **some kind of** trouble."
},
{
"text": "She won a competition in **some** newspaper **or other**."
},
{
"text": "I'll see you again some time, I'm sure."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "used to express a positive or negative opinion about somebody/something",
"labels": "(informal, sometimes ironic)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "That was some party!"
},
{
"text": "Some expert you are! You know even less than me."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sʌm/",
"audio": "so/some/some__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səm//sʌm/",
"audio": "so/some/some_1_gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sʌm/",
"audio": "so/some/some__us_1_rr.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səm//sʌm/",
"audio": "so/some/some__us_9_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English sum, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hamōs ‘somehow’ and Sanskrit sama ‘any, every’."
}