See rather in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:",
"text": "Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.",
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"ref": "2004, Erlend Øye, Eirik Glambek Bøe (lyrics and music), “I'd Rather Dance with You”, performed by Kings of Convenience:",
"text": "I'd rather dance with you than talk with you / So why don't we just move into the other room",
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"text": "This melon is rather tasteless, especially compared to the one we had last time.",
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{
"text": "We had some rather bad news today.",
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"text": "We’ll be seeing rather a lot of you over the next few days.",
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{
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"_dis1": "2 3 3 89 2",
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"_dis1": "2 3 3 89 2",
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"_dis1": "2 3 3 89 2",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "2 3 3 89 2",
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{
"_dis1": "2 3 3 89 2",
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"_dis1": "2 3 3 89 2",
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"_dis1": "2 3 3 89 2",
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"_dis1": "2 3 3 89 2",
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"_dis1": "2 3 3 89 2",
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"ref": "2002, Elizabeth Bowen, The Heat of the Day:",
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"ref": "2007, Mikel Schaefer, Lost in Katrina, page 323:",
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"than",
"than"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "liefer"
}
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "It wasn't supposed to be popular; rather, it was supposed to get the job done.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She didn't go along, but rather went home instead.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to introduce a contradiction; on the contrary."
],
"links": [
[
"contradiction",
"contradiction#English"
],
[
"on the contrary",
"on the contrary"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(conjunctive) Used to introduce a contradiction; on the contrary."
],
"senseid": [
"en:on the contrary"
],
"tags": [
"conjunctive",
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1897 October 16, Henry James, chapter IX, in What Maisie Knew, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Herbert S. Stone & Co., →OCLC, page 94:",
"text": "What the pupil already knew was indeed rather taken for granted than expressed, but it performed the useful function of transcending all textbooks, and supplanting all studies.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "1898, J. A. Hamilton, \"Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith\", in Sidney Lee (Ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, Volume LIV: Stanhope–Stovin, The MacMillan Company, page 60,\nHis ‘Iliad’ is spirited and polished, and, though often rather a paraphrase than a translation, is always more truly poetic than most of the best translations."
},
{
"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, pages 198–199:",
"text": "All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill.[…]Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connection—or rather as a transition from the subject that had started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "I didn't want to leave. Or rather I did, just not alone.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Introducing a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.)"
],
"links": [
[
"qualification",
"qualification#English"
],
[
"clarification",
"clarification#English"
],
[
"precisely",
"precisely"
],
[
"or",
"or"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(conjunctive) Introducing a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.)"
],
"tags": [
"conjunctive",
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "utterly"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "This melon is rather tasteless, especially compared to the one we had last time.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "We had some rather bad news today.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "We’ll be seeing rather a lot of you over the next few days.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Somewhat, quite; to an unexpected degree."
],
"links": [
[
"Somewhat",
"somewhat"
],
[
"quite",
"quite"
],
[
"unexpected",
"unexpected"
]
],
"qualifier": "degree",
"raw_glosses": [
"(degree) Somewhat, quite; to an unexpected degree."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "somewhat"
},
{
"word": "fairly"
},
{
"word": "actually"
},
{
"word": "unexpectedly"
}
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1683, John Dryden, transl., Plutarch's Lives: Life of Pompey, translation of original by Plutarch:",
"text": "Pompey, being elated and filled with confidence by this victory, made all haste to engage Sertorius himself, and the rather lest Metellus should come in for a share in the honour of the victory.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"More quickly."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) More quickly."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sooner"
},
{
"word": "earlier"
}
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "rä′thə",
"note": "r",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹɑː.ðə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌɹɑːˈðɜː(ɹ)/"
},
{
"enpr": "răth′ər",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"enpr": "rä′thər",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹæðɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/En-us-rather.ogg/En-us-rather.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/En-us-rather.ogg"
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{
"enpr": "rŭ’thə",
"note": "r",
"tags": [
"Southern-US"
]
},
{
"enpr": "rä’thə",
"note": "r",
"tags": [
"Southern-US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹʌ.ðə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Southern-US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹɑː.ðə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"uncommon",
"Southern-US"
]
},
{
"enpr": "rä’thə",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"enpr": "răth’ə",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹaː.ðə/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹæ.ðə/",
"tags": [
"uncommon",
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːðə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æðə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌðə(ɹ)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
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}
],
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "liewer"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bi-l-ʔaḥrā",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "بِالْأَحْرَى"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "xutčéj",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "хутчэ́й"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "za predpočitane",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "за предпочитане"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "preferiblement"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "més aviat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "比較"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐjiào",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "比较"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "rather than",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "與其"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǔqí",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "与其"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "寧願"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nìngyuàn",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "宁愿"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "raději"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "spíš"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "spíše"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "hellere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "liever"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "ennem"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "pigem"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "mieluummin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "plutôt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "eher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "lieber"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mâllon",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "μᾶλλον"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "thâsson",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "θᾶσσον"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "inkább"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "szívesebben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "jobban"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "fremur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "preferibilmente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "piuttosto"
},
{
"alt": "むしろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mushiro",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "寧ろ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mushiro",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "むしろ"
},
{
"alt": "いっそ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "isso",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "一層"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "potius"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "fortrinnsvis"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "snarere"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "fortrinnsvis"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "puslèu"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "lēofre"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "raczej"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "antes"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "preferivelmente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "de preferência"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "mai degrabă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lúčše",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "лу́чше"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skoréje",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "скоре́е"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "radije"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "scanciu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "preferiblemente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "hellre"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "helst"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "snarare"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "daha ziyade"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rádše",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "ра́дше"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skoríše",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "скорі́ше"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "krášče",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "кра́ще"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "švýdše",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "шви́дше"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "yn hytrach"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "libersht",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "ליבערשט"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "xutčéj",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "хутчэ́й"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "po-skoro",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "по-скоро"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎn'ér",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "反而"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎndào",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "反倒"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "tværtimod"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "daarentegen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "pikemminkin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "vaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "au contraire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "im Gegenteil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "sondern"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "ellenkezőleg"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "sőt"
},
{
"alt": "むしろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mushiro",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "寧ろ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ohiryeo",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "오히려"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "maṟiccŭ",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "മറിച്ച്"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "snarere"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "tvert imot"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "raczej"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "ao contrário"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "aliás"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skoréje",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "скоре́е"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naprótiv",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "напро́тив"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "scanciu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "más bien"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "al contrario"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "snarare"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "bilakis"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skoríše",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "скорі́ше"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "navpaký",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "навпаки́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "po-skoro",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "по-скоро"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "po-točno",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "по-точно"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "snarere"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "pikemminkin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "tarkemmin sanottuna"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "upro sc̣orad",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "უფრო სწორად"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "eher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "um genau zu sein"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "vagyis"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "illetve"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "jobban mondva"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "azaz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "azazhogy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "helyesebben"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "snarere"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "raczej"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "mais"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "ou seja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "melhor dizendo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "ou melhor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vernéje",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "верне́е"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "tačnije"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "más bien"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "snarare"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rádše",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "ра́дше"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "davóli",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "даво́лі"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dósycʹ",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "до́сыць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "donjakǎde",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "донякъде"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "rather"
},
"expansion": "Middle English rather",
"name": "inh"
},
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hraþor"
},
"expansion": "Old English hraþor",
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"args": {
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"2": "radder",
"t": "faster"
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"expansion": "Dutch radder (“faster”)",
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"2": "rad",
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"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "radd"
},
"expansion": "German Low German radd",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "de",
"2": "gerade",
"t": "even; straight; direct"
},
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{
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"1": "+suf",
"2": "en",
"3": "rathe",
"4": "er"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, rathe + -er",
"name": "surf"
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English rather, from Old English hraþor, comparative of hraþe (“soon, early, fast”). More at rathe. Cognate with Dutch radder (“faster”), comparative of Dutch rad (“fast; quick”), German Low German radd, ratt (“rashly; quickly; hastily”), German gerade (“even; straight; direct”). By surface analysis, rathe + -er.",
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"categories": [
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{
"text": "Would you like some? –Rather!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1919, P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:",
"text": "\"Do you mean to say, young man,\" she said frostily, \"that you expect me to drink this stuff?\" ¶ \"Rather! Bucks you up, you know.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:",
"text": "\"Farewell, Daughter of Eve,\" said he. \"Perhaps I may keep the handkerchief?\"\n\"Rather!\" said Lucy, and then ran towards the far-off patch of daylight as quickly as her legs would carry her.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1967, Peter Pook, Banker Pook Confesses:",
"text": "\"Some of us stupid old die-hards believe that there is yet room for pride in one's work, Pook,\" Mr Pants said with dangerous emphasis. \"Oh, rather, sir. I'd much sooner walk to London Town than ride in one of those motorcars we've heard tell of, sir.\"",
"type": "quote"
}
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"glosses": [
"An enthusiastic affirmation."
],
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"(England, dated) An enthusiastic affirmation."
],
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"England",
"dated"
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}
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"enpr": "rä′thə",
"note": "r",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹɑː.ðə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌɹɑːˈðɜː(ɹ)/"
},
{
"enpr": "răth′ər",
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"General-American"
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"enpr": "rä′thər",
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"General-American"
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"ipa": "/ˈɹæðɚ/",
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"enpr": "rä’thə",
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"Southern-US"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɹʌ.ðə(ɹ)/",
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"Southern-US"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɹɑː.ðə(ɹ)/",
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{
"enpr": "rä’thə",
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"General-Australian"
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},
{
"enpr": "răth’ə",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɹaː.ðə/",
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"General-Australian"
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈɹæ.ðə/",
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"uncommon",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːðə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æðə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌðə(ɹ)"
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"word": "raither"
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"rather"
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}
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