"a" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɔ/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɔ Etymology: From Northern Middle English aw, alteration of all. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aw}} Middle English aw, {{m|enm|all}} all Head templates: {{head|en|adjectives|not comparable|cat2=uncomparable adjectives}} a (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly Scotland) All. Tags: Scotland, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-a-en-adj-nbEKNziL Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 8 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 7 8 0 5 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: a'
Etymology number: 7

Adverb

IPA: /ɔ/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɔ Etymology: From Northern Middle English aw, alteration of all. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aw}} Middle English aw, {{m|enm|all}} all Head templates: {{head|en|adverbs|not comparable|cat2=uncomparable adverbs}} a (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly Scotland) All. Tags: Scotland, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-a-en-adv-nbEKNziL Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 8 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 7 8 0 5 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: a'
Etymology number: 7

Adverb

Head templates: {{head|en|adverbs}} a
  1. (crosswords) across
    Sense id: en-a-en-adv-3rU4tQy2
  2. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of a.m. (“ante meridiem”) or am Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: a.m. (extra: (“ante meridiem”) or am)
    Sense id: en-a-en-adv-T4Q0iXXf Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 9

Article

IPA: /ˈeɪ/ [stressed], /ə/ [unstressed] Audio: en-us-a-stressed.ogg [US], en-us-a-unstressed.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪ, -ə Etymology: From Middle English a, an, from Old English ān (“one; a; lone; sole”). More at one. The "n" was gradually lost before consonants in almost all dialects by the 15th century. Cognate with Alemannic German a (“a, an”), East Franconian a (“a, an”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|a}} Middle English a, {{m|enm|an}} an, {{inh|en|ang|an|ān|one; a; lone; sole}} Old English ān (“one; a; lone; sole”), {{m|en|one}} one, {{cog|gsw|a|t=a, an}} Alemannic German a (“a, an”), {{cog|vmf|a|t=a, an}} East Franconian a (“a, an”) Head templates: {{head|en|articles|indefinite}} a (indefinite)
  1. One; any indefinite example of. Tags: indefinite
    Sense id: en-a-en-article-yqisidD5
  2. One; used before score, dozen, hundred, thousand, million, etc. Tags: indefinite
    Sense id: en-a-en-article-Jt-65YrZ
  3. Used in some phrases denoting quantity, such as a few, a good many, a couple, a little (for an uncountable noun), etc. Tags: indefinite
    Sense id: en-a-en-article-tBkSiZtm Categories (other): English articles Disambiguation of English articles: 7 7 12 15 8 8 8 9 10 5 10
  4. Used in some adverbial phrases denoting degree or extent, such as a little, a bit, a lot, etc. Tags: indefinite
    Sense id: en-a-en-article-WOd7CUx9 Categories (other): English articles Disambiguation of English articles: 7 7 12 15 8 8 8 9 10 5 10
  5. The same; one and the same. Used in phrases such as of a kind, birds of a feather, etc. Tags: indefinite
    Sense id: en-a-en-article-W-YyJ611
  6. Any; every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope. Tags: indefinite
    Sense id: en-a-en-article-stOA7F3G Categories (other): Old English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 8 6 9 8 3 10 8 7 7 4 14 13 0
  7. Any; used with a negative to indicate not a single one. Tags: indefinite
    Sense id: en-a-en-article-2QjtzlMD
  8. Used before an adjective that modifies a noun (singular or plural) delimited by a numeral. Tags: indefinite
    Sense id: en-a-en-article-y9QZRSTc
  9. One; someone named; used before a person's name, suggesting that the speaker knows little about the person other than the name. Tags: indefinite
    Sense id: en-a-en-article-6fjpBfvo Categories (other): English articles Disambiguation of English articles: 7 7 12 15 8 8 8 9 10 5 10
  10. Used before an adjective modifying a person's name. Tags: indefinite
    Sense id: en-a-en-article-exc58v4-
  11. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. Tags: indefinite
    Sense id: en-a-en-article-9KQE1w8n Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Old English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 8 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 7 8 0 5 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 1 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 8 6 9 8 3 10 8 7 7 4 14 13 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: an, one Derived forms: a few, a great many Related terms: an Translations (name of the Cyrillic letter А, а): а (a) (Russian), 𝣷𝪜 (Russian Sign Language) Translations (name of the letter A, a): a [feminine] (Afan Oromo), 𝣷𝪜 (American Sign Language), إِي (ʔey) [English, masculine] (Arabic), آ (ʔā) [Latin, masculine, usually] (Arabic), a [feminine] (Asturian), এ (e) (Bengali), အေ (e) (Burmese), a [feminine] (Catalan), a [neuter] (Danish), a (Esperanto), aa (Finnish), a [masculine] (Galician), έι (éi) [neuter] (Greek), ʻā (Hawaiian), איי (éy) [feminine] (Hebrew), ए (e) (Hindi), a (Hungarian), a (Icelandic), a (Ido), á (Irish), ailm (Irish), a [feminine, masculine] (Italian), エー (ē) (Japanese), អេ (ee) (Khmer), 에이 (ei) (Korean), ā (Latin), a [masculine] (Latvian), а (a) (Macedonian), e (Malay), ए (e) (Marathi), a [feminine] (Occitan), ଏ (e) (Odia), آ (â) (Persian), اِی (ey) (Persian), a (Polish), á [masculine] (Portuguese), эй (ej) [English, neuter] (Russian), а (a) [neuter] (Russian), a (Slovene), a [feminine] (Spanish), a [neuter] (Swedish), เอ (ee) (Thai), a (Turkish), a (Vietnamese)
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'name of the Cyrillic letter А, а': 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 43 39 4 Disambiguation of 'name of the letter A, a': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 49 0

Character

IPA: /æ/ [phoneme], /ɑː/ [phoneme], /eɪ/ [phoneme] Forms: A [uppercase], as [plural], a's [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English and Old English lower case letter a and split of Middle English and Old English lower case letter æ. :* Old English lower case letter a from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case letter a of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚪ (a, “āc”), derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”). :* Old English lower case letter æ from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case ligature æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), also derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”). Etymology templates: {{m|mul|ᚫ||ansuz|tr=a}} ᚫ (a, “ansuz”), {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{inh|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|enm|a}} a, {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|enm|æ}} æ, {{m|mul|ᚪ||āc|tr=a}} ᚪ (a, “āc”), {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|enm|a}} a, {{m|la|a}} a, {{m|mul|ᚪ||āc|tr=a}} ᚪ (a, “āc”), {{m|mul|ᚫ||Ansuz|tr=a}} ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”), {{m|mul|ᚫ|æsc|tr=æ}} æsc (æ), {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|enm|æ}} æ, {{m|la|æ}} æ, {{m|mul|ᚫ||æsc|tr=æ}} ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), {{m|mul|ᚫ||Ansuz|tr=a}} ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”) Head templates: {{head|en|letter|lowercase||uppercase|A|plural|as|or|a's}} a (lowercase, uppercase A, plural as or a's)
  1. The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script. Tags: letter, lowercase Categories (topical): English numeral symbols
    Sense id: en-a-en-character-mfpUIo3f Disambiguation of English numeral symbols: 39 23 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 30 31 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 4 3 2 6 5 3 7 0 8 6 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 8 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 7 8 0 5 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 1 Derived forms (Digraph sequences): ae, ah, ai, au, aw, ay, ea, eau, ia, oa, ua Related terms: letter [Latin, character, letter], A [Latin, character, letter], a [Latin, character, letter], B [Latin, character, letter], b [Latin, character, letter], C [Latin, character, letter], c [Latin, character, letter], D [Latin, character, letter], d [Latin, character, letter], E [Latin, character, letter], e [Latin, character, letter], F [Latin, character, letter], f [Latin, character, letter], G [Latin, character, letter], g [Latin, character, letter], H [Latin, character, letter], h [Latin, character, letter], I [Latin, character, letter], i [Latin, character, letter], J [Latin, character, letter], j [Latin, character, letter], K [Latin, character, letter], k [Latin, character, letter], L [Latin, character, letter], l [Latin, character, letter], M [Latin, character, letter], m [Latin, character, letter], N [Latin, character, letter], n [Latin, character, letter], O [Latin, character, letter], o [Latin, character, letter], P [Latin, character, letter], p [Latin, character, letter], Q [Latin, character, letter], q [Latin, character, letter], R [Latin, character, letter], r [Latin, character, letter], S [Latin, character, letter], s [Latin, character, letter], T [Latin, character, letter], t [Latin, character, letter], U [Latin, character, letter], u [Latin, character, letter], V [Latin, character, letter], v [Latin, character, letter], W [Latin, character, letter], w [Latin, character, letter], X [Latin, character, letter], x [Latin, character, letter], Y [Latin, character, letter], y [Latin, character, letter], Z [Latin, character, letter], z [Latin, character, letter]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: · (english: Gregg Shorthand)
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

  1. ah; er (sound of hesitation)
    Sense id: en-a-en-intj-8JZvzUBH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 12

Noun

IPA: /æ/ [phoneme], /ɑː/ [phoneme], /eɪ/ [phoneme] Forms: aes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English and Old English lower case letter a and split of Middle English and Old English lower case letter æ. :* Old English lower case letter a from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case letter a of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚪ (a, “āc”), derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”). :* Old English lower case letter æ from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case ligature æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), also derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”). Etymology templates: {{m|mul|ᚫ||ansuz|tr=a}} ᚫ (a, “ansuz”), {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{inh|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|enm|a}} a, {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|enm|æ}} æ, {{m|mul|ᚪ||āc|tr=a}} ᚪ (a, “āc”), {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|enm|a}} a, {{m|la|a}} a, {{m|mul|ᚪ||āc|tr=a}} ᚪ (a, “āc”), {{m|mul|ᚫ||Ansuz|tr=a}} ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”), {{m|mul|ᚫ|æsc|tr=æ}} æsc (æ), {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|enm|æ}} æ, {{m|la|æ}} æ, {{m|mul|ᚫ||æsc|tr=æ}} ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), {{m|mul|ᚫ||Ansuz|tr=a}} ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”) Head templates: {{head|en|noun|plural|aes|cat2=countable nouns}} a (plural aes)
  1. The name of the Latin script letter A / a. Categories (topical): English numeral symbols Synonyms: ay Derived forms: A-okay
    Sense id: en-a-en-noun-XF7oZcxC Disambiguation of English numeral symbols: 39 23 38 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 4 3 2 6 5 3 7 0 8 6 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 1 Related terms: letter [Latin, letter-name], bee [Latin, letter-name], cee [Latin, letter-name], dee [Latin, letter-name], e [Latin, letter-name], ef [Latin, letter-name], gee [Latin, letter-name], aitch [Latin, letter-name], i [Latin, letter-name], jay [Latin, letter-name], kay [Latin, letter-name], el [Latin, letter-name], em [Latin, letter-name], en [Latin, letter-name], o [Latin, letter-name], pee [Latin, letter-name], cue [Latin, letter-name], ar [Latin, letter-name], ess [Latin, letter-name], tee [Latin, letter-name], u [Latin, letter-name], vee [Latin, letter-name], double-u [Latin, letter-name], ex [Latin, letter-name], wye [Latin, letter-name], zee [Latin, letter-name], zed [Latin, letter-name]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: · (english: Gregg Shorthand) Translations (name of the letter A, a): a [feminine] (Afan Oromo), 𝣷𝪜 (American Sign Language), إِي (ʔey) [English, masculine] (Arabic), آ (ʔā) [Latin, masculine, usually] (Arabic), a [feminine] (Asturian), এ (e) (Bengali), အေ (e) (Burmese), a [feminine] (Catalan), a [neuter] (Danish), a (Esperanto), aa (Finnish), a [masculine] (Galician), έι (éi) [neuter] (Greek), ʻā (Hawaiian), איי (éy) [feminine] (Hebrew), ए (e) (Hindi), a (Hungarian), a (Icelandic), a (Ido), á (Irish), ailm (Irish), a [feminine, masculine] (Italian), エー (ē) (Japanese), អេ (ee) (Khmer), 에이 (ei) (Korean), ā (Latin), a [masculine] (Latvian), а (a) (Macedonian), e (Malay), ए (e) (Marathi), a [feminine] (Occitan), ଏ (e) (Odia), آ (â) (Persian), اِی (ey) (Persian), a (Polish), á [masculine] (Portuguese), эй (ej) [English, neuter] (Russian), а (a) [neuter] (Russian), a (Slovene), a [feminine] (Spanish), a [neuter] (Swedish), เอ (ee) (Thai), a (Turkish), a (Vietnamese)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'name of the letter A, a': 51 49

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Russian а (a). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|а}} Russian а (a) Head templates: {{head|en|nouns}} a
  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter А / а. Translations (name of the Cyrillic letter А, а): а (a) (Russian), 𝣷𝪜 (Russian Sign Language)
    Sense id: en-a-en-noun-PU1yKtv2 Disambiguation of 'name of the Cyrillic letter А, а': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (name of the letter A, a): a [feminine] (Afan Oromo), 𝣷𝪜 (American Sign Language), إِي (ʔey) [English, masculine] (Arabic), آ (ʔā) [Latin, masculine, usually] (Arabic), a [feminine] (Asturian), এ (e) (Bengali), အေ (e) (Burmese), a [feminine] (Catalan), a [neuter] (Danish), a (Esperanto), aa (Finnish), a [masculine] (Galician), έι (éi) [neuter] (Greek), ʻā (Hawaiian), איי (éy) [feminine] (Hebrew), ए (e) (Hindi), a (Hungarian), a (Icelandic), a (Ido), á (Irish), ailm (Irish), a [feminine, masculine] (Italian), エー (ē) (Japanese), អេ (ee) (Khmer), 에이 (ei) (Korean), ā (Latin), a [masculine] (Latvian), а (a) (Macedonian), e (Malay), ए (e) (Marathi), a [feminine] (Occitan), ଏ (e) (Odia), آ (â) (Persian), اِی (ey) (Persian), a (Polish), á [masculine] (Portuguese), эй (ej) [English, neuter] (Russian), а (a) [neuter] (Russian), a (Slovene), a [feminine] (Spanish), a [neuter] (Swedish), เอ (ee) (Thai), a (Turkish), a (Vietnamese)
Etymology number: 11 Disambiguation of 'name of the letter A, a': 51 49

Numeral

IPA: /æ/ [phoneme], /ɑː/ [phoneme], /eɪ/ [phoneme] Forms: A [uppercase]
Etymology: From Middle English and Old English lower case letter a and split of Middle English and Old English lower case letter æ. :* Old English lower case letter a from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case letter a of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚪ (a, “āc”), derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”). :* Old English lower case letter æ from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case ligature æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), also derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”). Etymology templates: {{m|mul|ᚫ||ansuz|tr=a}} ᚫ (a, “ansuz”), {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{inh|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|enm|a}} a, {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|enm|æ}} æ, {{m|mul|ᚪ||āc|tr=a}} ᚪ (a, “āc”), {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|enm|a}} a, {{m|la|a}} a, {{m|mul|ᚪ||āc|tr=a}} ᚪ (a, “āc”), {{m|mul|ᚫ||Ansuz|tr=a}} ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”), {{m|mul|ᚫ|æsc|tr=æ}} æsc (æ), {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|enm|æ}} æ, {{m|la|æ}} æ, {{m|mul|ᚫ||æsc|tr=æ}} ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), {{m|mul|ᚫ||Ansuz|tr=a}} ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”) Head templates: {{head|en|numeral symbols|lower case||upper case|A}} a (lower case, upper case A)
  1. The ordinal number first, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script. Tags: alt-of, lowercase, ordinal Alternative form of: first (extra: derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script) Categories (topical): English numeral symbols
    Sense id: en-a-en-num-n5FDOFq2 Disambiguation of English numeral symbols: 39 23 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: · (english: Gregg Shorthand)
Etymology number: 1

Particle

Head templates: {{head|en|particles}} a
  1. Alternative form of -a (“empty syllable added to songs, poetry, verse and other speech”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: -a (extra: empty syllable added to songs, poetry, verse and other speech)
    Sense id: en-a-en-particle-axjnT0Fl Categories (other): English particles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 10

Preposition

IPA: /ə/
Rhymes: -ə Etymology: * From Middle English a, o, from Old English a-, an, on. * Unstressed form of on. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|a}} Middle English a, {{m|enm|o}} o, {{inh|en|ang|a-}} Old English a-, {{m|ang|an}} an, {{m|ang|on}} on Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions}} a
  1. To do with separation; In, into.
    Sense id: en-a-en-prep-Lo5W7Lnk
  2. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. Often occurs between two nouns, where the first noun occurs at the end of a verbal phrase.
    Sense id: en-a-en-prep-23U~sHeG Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 8 19 13 8 9 10 9 6 11 6
  3. To do with status; In.
    Sense id: en-a-en-prep-1wGewd2m
  4. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-a-en-prep-1JJFGMzD
  5. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-a-en-prep-iVld1QVO
  6. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-a-en-prep-pVzJQFu1
  7. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-a-en-prep-lgyOKwhT
  8. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-a-en-prep-w4zhS51m
  9. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-a-en-prep-Zbd3Pc4x
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: on, a-
Etymology number: 3

Preposition

IPA: /ə/ [UK, US]
Etymology: From Middle English of, with apocope of the final f and vowel reduction. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|of}} Middle English of, {{m|enm||f}} f Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions}} a
  1. (archaic or slang) Of. Synonyms: o', o (english: preposition)
    Sense id: en-a-en-prep-en:of
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Pronoun

IPA: /ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ə/ (note: it), /ɑ/ (note: it)
Rhymes: -ə, -ɑ Etymology: From Middle English a, a reduced form of he (“he”)/ha (“he”), heo (“she”)/ha (“she”), ha (“it”), and hie, hie (“they”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|a}} Middle English a, {{m|enm|he||he}} he (“he”), {{m|enm|ha||he}} ha (“he”), {{m|enm|heo||she}} heo (“she”), {{m|enm|ha||she}} ha (“she”), {{m|enm|ha||it}} ha (“it”), {{m|enm|hie|hie, hie|they}} hie, hie (“they”) Head templates: {{head|en|pronouns}} a
  1. (obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.
    (obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) He, the third-person singular nominative.
    Sense id: en-a-en-pron-7Uh6Qg7N Categories (other): English English, Scottish English, English pronouns Disambiguation of English pronouns: 35 35 30
  2. (obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.
    (obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) She, the third-person singular nominative.
    Sense id: en-a-en-pron-dl4Ap9jH Categories (other): English English, Scottish English, English pronouns Disambiguation of English pronouns: 35 35 30
  3. (obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.
    Sense id: en-a-en-pron-it-WBFq3 Categories (other): English English, Scottish English, English pronouns Disambiguation of English pronouns: 35 35 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 'a
Etymology number: 5

Symbol

Etymology: Symbols Head templates: {{head|en|symbol}} a
  1. Distance from leading edge to aerodynamic center.
    Sense id: en-a-en-symbol-hua~vObw Categories (other): English symbols Disambiguation of English symbols: 32 21 24 23
  2. specific absorption coefficient
    Sense id: en-a-en-symbol-EvF5YHJN
  3. specific rotation
    Sense id: en-a-en-symbol-ECEA0Xx6
  4. allele (recessive)
    Sense id: en-a-en-symbol-DVRGCJOa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 8

Verb

IPA: /ə/
Rhymes: -ə Etymology: From Middle English a, ha contraction of have, or haven. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|a}} Middle English a, {{m|enm|ha}} ha, {{m|enm|have}} have, {{m|enm|haven}} haven Head templates: {{head|en|verb forms}} a
  1. (archaic or slang) Have. Synonyms: 'a', ha, ha' Derived forms: coulda, shoulda, woulda
    Sense id: en-a-en-verb-en:have
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 'a
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "1": "mul",
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        "3": "",
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        "1": "en",
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      "expansion": "a",
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "æ",
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      "expansion": "æ",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
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            "Latin",
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
            "Latin",
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
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            "Latin",
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      "ipa": "/ɑː/",
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      "ipa": "/eɪ/",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Afan Oromo",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "𝣷𝪜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔey",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِي"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ʔā",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine",
        "usually"
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      "word": "آ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
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      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "এ"
    },
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      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "အေ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
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      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "aa"
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    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
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      "roman": "éi",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "έι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "éy",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "איי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ए"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "á"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ailm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ē",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ee",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "អេ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ei",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "에이"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ā"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "e"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ए"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ଏ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "â",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "آ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ey",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "اِی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "á"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ej",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "эй"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ee",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "เอ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
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    }
  ],
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}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:a",
      "word": "every"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:a",
      "word": "the"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a few"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a great many"
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
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          "text": "There was a man here looking for you yesterday.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Emily Kingsley (lyricist), Kevin Clash (voice actor), “A Cookie is a Sometime Food”, Sesame Street, season 36, Sesame Workshop",
          "text": "Hoots the Owl: Yes a, fruit, is a , any, time, food!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)",
          "text": "Anna, do you have a pen? — Yes. I have a pen in my bag. I have a (stressed) …\nAudio (US) (file)"
        }
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    },
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      "categories": [],
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          "text": "I've seen it happen a hundred times.",
          "type": "example"
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      "id": "en-a-en-article-Jt-65YrZ",
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          "dozen",
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          "hundred",
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        [
          "thousand",
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        [
          "million",
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        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "7 7 12 15 8 8 8 9 10 5 10",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "They asked me a few questions.",
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        }
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          "a good many",
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        [
          "couple",
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          "a little",
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          "text": "a staggering three million dollars",
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        "usually"
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        "feminine"
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        "feminine"
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        "archaic"
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    },
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        "To do with method; In, with."
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        "(obsolete) To do with method; In, with."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "text": "A God’s name.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To do with role or capacity; In."
      ],
      "id": "en-a-en-prep-Zbd3Pc4x",
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        "(obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ə/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ə"
    }
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}

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  "etymology_number": 4,
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      "expansion": "Middle English a",
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      "args": {
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        {
          "text": "I'd a come, if you'd a asked.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1884, Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, volume Part I--A to F., London: English Dialect Society, page 1",
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        "Have."
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    {
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    {
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  "etymology_number": 5,
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    {
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "ha (“it”)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      "expansion": "hie, hie (“they”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English a, a reduced form of he (“he”)/ha (“he”), heo (“she”)/ha (“she”), ha (“it”), and hie, hie (“they”).",
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    {
      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 35 30",
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        {
          "ref": "1795, Peter Pindar, The Royal Visit to Exeter, a Political Epistle: by John Ploughshare ... published by Peter Pindar, Esq, page 5",
          "text": "Well! in a come [in he came]—KING GEORGE to town, / With doust and zweat az netmeg brown, / The hosses all in smoke;",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1860, Kite, Sng. Sol., ii, 16",
          "text": "A do veed amang th' lilies."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1864, Tennyson, N. Farmer, Old Style, st. 7, version of 1917, Raymond Macdonald Alden, Alfred Tennyson, how to Know Him, page 226",
          "text": "\"The amoighty's a taakin' o' you to 'issén, my friend,\" a said, […]"
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        "He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.",
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          "third-person"
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        [
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        "(obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.",
        "(obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) He, the third-person singular nominative."
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    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1790, Grose, MS. add. (M.)",
          "text": "A wanted me to go with her."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1876, Bound, Prov.",
          "text": "Did a do it!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1883, Hardy, Tover, page 124 (edition of 1895)",
          "text": "A's getting wambling on her pins [shaky on her legs]."
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.",
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      "id": "en-a-en-pron-dl4Ap9jH",
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          "she"
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      "qualifier": "obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects",
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        "(obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative.",
        "(obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) She, the third-person singular nominative."
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    },
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English English",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "_dis": "35 35 30",
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        {
          "ref": "1855, Kingsley, W. Ho!, page 120 (edition of 1889)",
          "text": "He've a got a great venture on hand, but what a [it] be he tell'th no man."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1864, Tennyson, N. Farmer, Old Style, st. 2",
          "text": "Doctors, they knaws nowt, fur a [they] says what's nawways true."
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        "He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative."
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      "qualifier": "obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ə/",
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      "ipa": "/ɑ/",
      "note": "it"
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      "rhymes": "-ə"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "expansion": "Middle English of",
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    {
      "args": {
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        {
          "ref": "1931, A. P. Carter, \"When I'm Gone\"",
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        [
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  "etymology_number": 7,
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      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "en",
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            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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        "(chiefly Scotland) All."
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "expansion": "Middle English aw",
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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        "(chiefly Scotland) All."
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  "etymology_number": 8,
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          "_dis": "32 21 24 23",
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      "glosses": [
        "specific absorption coefficient"
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          "specific absorption coefficient"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "specific rotation"
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        [
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          "specific rotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "allele (recessive)"
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        [
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          "allele"
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  "etymology_number": 9,
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          "text": "Do you have the answer for 23a?"
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        "(crosswords) across"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
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  "etymology_number": 10,
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "ref": "2001, Louis F. Newcomb, Car Salesman: A Legacy, iUniverse, page 91",
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  "etymology_number": 11,
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      "glosses": [
        "The name of the Cyrillic script letter А / а."
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          "Cyrillic script",
          "Appendix:Cyrillic script#English"
        ],
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          "А",
          "А#English"
        ],
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          "а",
          "а#English"
        ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "a",
          "sense": "name of the Cyrillic letter А, а",
          "word": "а"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "rsl",
          "lang": "Russian Sign Language",
          "sense": "name of the Cyrillic letter А, а",
          "word": "𝣷𝪜"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Afan Oromo",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "𝣷𝪜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔey",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِي"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔā",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "آ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "এ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "အေ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "aa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éi",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "έι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ʻā"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "éy",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "איי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ए"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "á"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ailm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ē",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "エー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ee",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "អេ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ei",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "에이"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ā"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "e"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ए"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ଏ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "â",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "آ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ey",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "اِی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "á"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ej",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "эй"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ee",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "เอ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    }
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}

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  "etymology_number": 12,
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}

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    {
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "tags": [
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    {
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        "letter"
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    {
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "letter"
      ],
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    {
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        "Latin",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
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        "letter"
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    {
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    {
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    {
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      "code": "fi",
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    {
      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "haw",
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "hi",
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "is",
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    {
      "code": "io",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "á"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "ailm"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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    },
    {
      "code": "km",
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      "word": "អេ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "word": "에이"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ā"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "e"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ए"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ଏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "â",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "آ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ey",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "اِی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "á"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ej",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "эй"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ee",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "เอ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "name of the Cyrillic letter А, а",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "rsl",
      "lang": "Russian Sign Language",
      "sense": "name of the Cyrillic letter А, а",
      "word": "𝣷𝪜"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:a",
      "word": "every"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:a",
      "word": "the"
    }
  ],
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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English articles",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Old English links with redundant target parameters",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/ə",
    "Rhymes:English/ə/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "a few"
    },
    {
      "word": "a great many"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English a",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "an",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "an",
        "4": "ān",
        "5": "one; a; lone; sole"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ān (“one; a; lone; sole”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "one"
      },
      "expansion": "one",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "a",
        "t": "a, an"
      },
      "expansion": "Alemannic German a (“a, an”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vmf",
        "2": "a",
        "t": "a, an"
      },
      "expansion": "East Franconian a (“a, an”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English a, an, from Old English ān (“one; a; lone; sole”). More at one. The \"n\" was gradually lost before consonants in almost all dialects by the 15th century. Cognate with Alemannic German a (“a, an”), East Franconian a (“a, an”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "articles",
        "3": "indefinite"
      },
      "expansion": "a (indefinite)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "article",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "an"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There was a man here looking for you yesterday.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Emily Kingsley (lyricist), Kevin Clash (voice actor), “A Cookie is a Sometime Food”, Sesame Street, season 36, Sesame Workshop",
          "text": "Hoots the Owl: Yes a, fruit, is a , any, time, food!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)",
          "text": "Anna, do you have a pen? — Yes. I have a pen in my bag. I have a (stressed) …\nAudio (US) (file)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One; any indefinite example of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "One",
          "one"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've seen it happen a hundred times.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One; used before score, dozen, hundred, thousand, million, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "score",
          "score#English"
        ],
        [
          "dozen",
          "dozen#English"
        ],
        [
          "hundred",
          "hundred#English"
        ],
        [
          "thousand",
          "thousand#English"
        ],
        [
          "million",
          "million#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They asked me a few questions.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in some phrases denoting quantity, such as a few, a good many, a couple, a little (for an uncountable noun), etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "a few",
          "a few#English"
        ],
        [
          "a good many",
          "a good many#English"
        ],
        [
          "couple",
          "couple#English"
        ],
        [
          "a little",
          "a little#English"
        ],
        [
          "uncountable",
          "uncountable#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The door was opened a little.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in some adverbial phrases denoting degree or extent, such as a little, a bit, a lot, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "a little",
          "a little#English"
        ],
        [
          "a bit",
          "a bit#English"
        ],
        [
          "a lot",
          "a lot#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We are of a mind on matters of morals.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "They're two of a kind.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The same; one and the same. Used in phrases such as of a kind, birds of a feather, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "one and the same",
          "one and the same"
        ],
        [
          "of a kind",
          "of a kind#English"
        ],
        [
          "birds of a feather",
          "birds of a feather#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any; every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Any",
          "any"
        ],
        [
          "every",
          "every"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was so dark that we couldn't see a thing.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any; used with a negative to indicate not a single one."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a staggering three million dollars",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The holidays are a mere one week away.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used before an adjective that modifies a noun (singular or plural) delimited by a numeral."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One; someone named; used before a person's name, suggesting that the speaker knows little about the person other than the name."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, “Rwandan court drops all charges against opposition figure”, in Associated Press",
          "text": "\"I will continue my campaign to fight for the rights of all Rwandans,\" a surprised but happy Rwigara told reporters after celebrating.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used before an adjective modifying a person's name."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The man is a regular Romeo.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ə/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ə"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "her (non-rhotic, unstressed)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-a-stressed.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/En-us-a-stressed.ogg/En-us-a-stressed.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/En-us-a-stressed.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US), stressed"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-a-unstressed.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-us-a-unstressed.ogg/En-us-a-unstressed.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-us-a-unstressed.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US), unstressed"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:a",
      "word": "an"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:a",
      "word": "one"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Afan Oromo",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "𝣷𝪜"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔey",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔā",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "آ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "এ"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "အေ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "aa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éi",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "έι"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ʻā"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "éy",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "איי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ए"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "á"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ailm"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ē",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "エー"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ee",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "អេ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ei",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "에이"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ā"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "e"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ए"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ଏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "â",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "آ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ey",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "اِی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "á"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ej",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "эй"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ee",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "เอ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "name of the Cyrillic letter А, а",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "rsl",
      "lang": "Russian Sign Language",
      "sense": "name of the Cyrillic letter А, а",
      "word": "𝣷𝪜"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a"
}

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          "specific absorption coefficient"
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        [
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          "specific rotation"
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      "glosses": [
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        [
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          "allele"
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      ]
    }
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}

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          "text": "Do you have the answer for 23a?"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "2001, Louis F. Newcomb, Car Salesman: A Legacy, iUniverse, page 91",
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        }
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  "categories": [
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
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      "code": "ase",
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      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "𝣷𝪜"
    },
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      "roman": "ʔey",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
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        "English",
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
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      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
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        "masculine",
        "usually"
      ],
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    },
    {
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      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "এ"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "အေ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "aa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éi",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "έι"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ʻā"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "éy",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "איי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ए"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "á"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ailm"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ē",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "エー"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ee",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "អេ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ei",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "에이"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ā"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "e"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ए"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "e",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "ଏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "â",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "آ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ey",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "اِی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "á"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ej",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "эй"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ee",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "เอ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter A, a",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "name of the Cyrillic letter А, а",
      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "code": "rsl",
      "lang": "Russian Sign Language",
      "sense": "name of the Cyrillic letter А, а",
      "word": "𝣷𝪜"
    }
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}

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    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ah; er (sound of hesitation)"
      ],
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        [
          "ah",
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}

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