word-vault/dist/data/cards/st/still.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "still",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "continuing until a particular point in time and not finishing",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I am very happy that you all are **still alive** and well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tickets are **still available** for the 8 o'clock performance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's still very young and has a lot to learn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **still has a chance** to win the title."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you **still need** help next week, contact me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wrote to them last month and I'm still waiting for a reply."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's still time to change your mind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've been playing for 12 years but I still get excited about going to practice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's still too early to tell how this will end."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you still live at the same address?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was, and still is, my favourite movie."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mum, I'm still hungry!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "despite what has just been said",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Although he promised faithfully to come, I still didn't think he would."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We searched everywhere but we still couldn't find it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The weather was cold and wet. Still, we had a great time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I know it's not rational, but I still feel terribly guilty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was wounded but he was still able to paint."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used for making a comparison stronger",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The next day was warmer still."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you can manage to get two tickets that's better still."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "even more",
            "sensetop": "still more/another",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was still more bad news to come."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that it is too soon to be sure how a situation will develop",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's still early days. We don't know if the play will be a success."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "and certainly not",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "No explanation was offered, still less an apology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He’s too shy to ask a stranger the time, much less speak to a room full of people."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stɪl/",
                "audio": "st/still/still__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stɪl/",
                "audio": "st/still/still__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "adverb Old English stille (adjective and adverb), stillan (verb), of West Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be fixed, stand’."
}