a(n) in English

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "article"
      },
      "expansion": "a(n)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "article",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English articles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Wade E. Gaddy, Robert E. Hart, Judy Wolk, Real Estate Fundamentals, page 62",
          "text": "To be valid, a deed must contain a(n)\na. grantee's signature.\nb. grantor's signature.\nc. acknowledgment.\nd. date.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a or an; the indefinite article (when the initial sound of what will follow is unclear)"
      ],
      "id": "en-a(n)-en-article-T6AF1IzN",
      "links": [
        [
          "a",
          "a"
        ],
        [
          "an",
          "an"
        ],
        [
          "indefinite article",
          "indefinite article"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "a(n)"
}

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "article"
      },
      "expansion": "a(n)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "article",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English articles",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms spelled with parentheses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Wade E. Gaddy, Robert E. Hart, Judy Wolk, Real Estate Fundamentals, page 62",
          "text": "To be valid, a deed must contain a(n)\na. grantee's signature.\nb. grantor's signature.\nc. acknowledgment.\nd. date.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a or an; the indefinite article (when the initial sound of what will follow is unclear)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "a",
          "a"
        ],
        [
          "an",
          "an"
        ],
        [
          "indefinite article",
          "indefinite article"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "a(n)"
}

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"a(n)" meaning in English

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