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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "wow",
"partOfSpeech": "exclamation",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to show that you are very surprised or impressed by somebody/something",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Wow! You look terrific!"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/waʊ/",
"audio": "wo/wow/wow__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌwaʊˈiː/",
"audio": "wo/wow/wowee__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/waʊ/",
"audio": "wo/wow/wow__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌwaʊˈiː/",
"audio": "wo/wow/wowee__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "sense 1natural exclamation: first recorded in Scots in the early 16th cent.sense 2 1930s: imitative."
}