word-vault/dist/data/cards/wh/who.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "who",
    "partOfSpeech": "pronoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used in questions to ask about the name, identity or function of one or more people",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Who is that woman?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wonder who that letter was from."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who are you phoning?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who's the money for?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to show which person or people you mean",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The people who called yesterday want to buy the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The people (who) we met in France have sent us a card."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used to give more information about somebody",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Mrs Smith, who has a lot of teaching experience at junior level, will be joining the school in September."
                },
                {
                    "text": "And then Mary, who we had been talking about earlier, walked in."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to ask what right or authority somebody has to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Who are you to tell me I can't park here?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/huː/",
                "audio": "wh/who/who__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/huː/",
                "audio": "wh/who/who__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hwā, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wie and German wer."
}