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Indeed" }, { "word": "the Oxford English Dictionary notes that although analogous forms exist in words such as already" }, { "english": "and, indeed, although!", "word": "altogether and always" }, { "word": "\"the contracted form is strongly criticized in the vast majority of usage guides" }, { "english": ". The Oxford Dictionaries also conclude that; and that it is", "word": "but without cogent reasonsalright remains nonstandardstill regarded as being unacceptable in formal writing\". Other dictionaries and style manuals also consider it incorrect" }, { "word": "less correct than all right" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English informal terms" ], "glosses": [ "Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK." ], "links": [ [ "OK", "OK" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(informal) Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK." ], "tags": [ "informal" ] }, { "categories": [ "British English", "English informal terms" ], "glosses": [ "A generic greeting; hello; how are you." ], "links": [ [ "hello", "hello" ], [ "how are you", "how are you" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(UK, informal) A generic greeting; hello; how are you." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "hello" } ], "tags": [ "UK", "informal" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "ipa": "/ɔːˈɹaɪt/", "tags": [ "colloquial" ] }, { "ipa": "/ɒˈɹaɪt/", "tags": [ "colloquial" ] }, { "ipa": "/əˈɹaɪt/", "tags": [ "colloquial" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˌɔlˈɹaɪt/", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˌɑlˈɹaɪt/", "tags": [ "cot-caught-merger" ] }, { "ipa": "/ɒːlˈɹʌɪt/", "tags": [ "Canada" ] }, { "ipa": "[ɒː(ɫ)ˈɹəi̯t]", "note": "Ottawa Valley" }, { "ipa": "[ə(ɫ)ˈɹiːt]", "note": "Ottawa Valley" }, { "ipa": "[ˈɒː(ɫ)ɹɪt]", "note": "Ottawa Valley" }, { "ipa": "[-ʔ]", "note": "Ottawa Valley" }, { "rhymes": "-aɪt" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-alright.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-alright.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-alright.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-alright.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-alright.wav.ogg", "tags": [ "UK" ], "text": "Audio (UK)" }, { "audio": "en-us-alright.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/En-us-alright.ogg/En-us-alright.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/En-us-alright.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" } ], "synonyms": [ { "tags": [ "African-American-Vernacular-English", "UK" ], "word": "aight" }, { "word": "all right" }, { "word": "alrite" }, { "word": "awright" }, { "word": "oright" }, { "word": "o-rite" }, { "word": "orite" } ], "word": "alright" }
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