See can't even in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "An aposiopesis of \"(I) can't even believe it\", \"can't even process it\" or some comparable expression.", "forms": [ { "form": "can't even", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "couldn't even", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "can't even", "2": "-", "3": "couldn't even", "4": "-" }, "expansion": "can't even (third-person singular simple present can't even, no present participle, simple past couldn't even, no past participle)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "He’s nine years old, and can’t even tie his own shoelaces!", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see can't, even." ], "id": "en-can't_even-en-verb-~jvS~nmO", "links": [ [ "can't", "can't#English" ], [ "even", "even#English" ] ], "related": [ { "_dis1": "95 5", "word": "I can't" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "word": "unable to can" } ], "tags": [ "no-past-participle", "no-present-participle" ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "11 89", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "17 83", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 89", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "Oh my God, I got cheap tickets to the Beyoncé concert! I can’t even!", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "2019 October 23, Hayley Quinn, Paisley Gilmour, “An essential guide to 'zombieing' - the dating trend that's worse than ghosting”, in Cosmopolitan:", "text": "I – being a MASSIVE IDIOT – had a go at him… then agreed to meet up again, but before that happened he… ghosted me again. I tracked him down on Facebook and and^([sic]) he said his new phone had got water damage (I can’t even).", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Without a following verb, as an expression of aporia: to be unable to express one's feelings about an overwhelming situation." ], "id": "en-can't_even-en-verb-c5oBgkGu", "links": [ [ "aporia", "aporia#English" ], [ "unable", "unable" ], [ "express", "express" ], [ "feelings", "feeling#Noun" ], [ "overwhelming", "overwhelming#Adjective" ], [ "situation", "situation" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(slang) Without a following verb, as an expression of aporia: to be unable to express one's feelings about an overwhelming situation." ], "tags": [ "no-past-participle", "no-present-participle", "slang" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈkænt ˌiːvən/" }, { "ipa": "/ˈkɑːnt ˌiːvən/" }, { "audio": "En-au-can't even.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/En-au-can%27t_even.ogg/En-au-can%27t_even.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/En-au-can%27t_even.ogg" } ], "word": "can't even" }
{ "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English verbs", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "etymology_text": "An aposiopesis of \"(I) can't even believe it\", \"can't even process it\" or some comparable expression.", "forms": [ { "form": "can't even", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "couldn't even", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "can't even", "2": "-", "3": "couldn't even", "4": "-" }, "expansion": "can't even (third-person singular simple present can't even, no present participle, simple past couldn't even, no past participle)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "related": [ { "word": "I can't" }, { "word": "unable to can" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "He’s nine years old, and can’t even tie his own shoelaces!", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see can't, even." ], "links": [ [ "can't", "can't#English" ], [ "even", "even#English" ] ], "tags": [ "no-past-participle", "no-present-participle" ] }, { "categories": [ "English slang", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Oh my God, I got cheap tickets to the Beyoncé concert! I can’t even!", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "2019 October 23, Hayley Quinn, Paisley Gilmour, “An essential guide to 'zombieing' - the dating trend that's worse than ghosting”, in Cosmopolitan:", "text": "I – being a MASSIVE IDIOT – had a go at him… then agreed to meet up again, but before that happened he… ghosted me again. I tracked him down on Facebook and and^([sic]) he said his new phone had got water damage (I can’t even).", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Without a following verb, as an expression of aporia: to be unable to express one's feelings about an overwhelming situation." ], "links": [ [ "aporia", "aporia#English" ], [ "unable", "unable" ], [ "express", "express" ], [ "feelings", "feeling#Noun" ], [ "overwhelming", "overwhelming#Adjective" ], [ "situation", "situation" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(slang) Without a following verb, as an expression of aporia: to be unable to express one's feelings about an overwhelming situation." ], "tags": [ "no-past-participle", "no-present-participle", "slang" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈkænt ˌiːvən/" }, { "ipa": "/ˈkɑːnt ˌiːvən/" }, { "audio": "En-au-can't even.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/En-au-can%27t_even.ogg/En-au-can%27t_even.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/En-au-can%27t_even.ogg" } ], "word": "can't even" }
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