"ə" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "ə",
      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with raw sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Lexicography",
          "orig": "en:Lexicography",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "(superscript ⟨ᵊ⟩) optional schwa, e.g. \\băt′ᵊl\\ for battle."
        },
        {
          "text": "(superscript ⟨ᵊ⟩) French final schwa, as in \\bᴀstôn′yᵊ\\ for Bastogne."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "schwa, e.g. \\sō′fə\\ for sofa."
      ],
      "id": "en-ə-en-symbol-u478dXa9",
      "links": [
        [
          "lexicography",
          "lexicography"
        ],
        [
          "schwa",
          "schwa#English"
        ],
        [
          "sofa",
          "sofa#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(lexicography) schwa, e.g. \\sō′fə\\ for sofa."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "lexicography",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ə"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "expansion": "ə",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "senses": [
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        "English symbols",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "(superscript ⟨ᵊ⟩) optional schwa, e.g. \\băt′ᵊl\\ for battle."
        },
        {
          "text": "(superscript ⟨ᵊ⟩) French final schwa, as in \\bᴀstôn′yᵊ\\ for Bastogne."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "schwa, e.g. \\sō′fə\\ for sofa."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lexicography",
          "lexicography"
        ],
        [
          "schwa",
          "schwa#English"
        ],
        [
          "sofa",
          "sofa#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(lexicography) schwa, e.g. \\sō′fə\\ for sofa."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "lexicography",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ə"
}