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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "they",
"partOfSpeech": "pronoun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "people, animals or things that have already been mentioned or are easily identified",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘Where are John and Liz?’ ‘They went for a walk.’"
},
{
"text": "They *(= the things you are carrying)* go on the bottom shelf."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used instead of he or she to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known",
"labels": "British EnglishNorth American English",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "If anyone arrives late they'll have to wait outside."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "people in general",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The rest, as **they say**, is history."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "people in authority or experts",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They cut my water off."
},
{
"text": "They now say that red wine is good for you."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ðeɪ/",
"audio": "th/they/they__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ðeɪ/",
"audio": "th/they/they__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old Norse their, nominative plural masculine of sá; related to them and their, also to that and the."
}