See offense on Wiktionary
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{ "forms": [ { "form": "offense", "raw_tags": [ "Singular" ] }, { "form": "offenses", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "noun" } ], "hyphenation": "of‧fense", "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Countable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Murder is a serious criminal offense." } ], "glosses": [ "An offense is an action that breaks the law." ], "raw_tags": [ "countable" ] }, { "categories": [ "Uncountable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "I didn't mean to give offense, but I didn't know that you don't do that in China." } ], "glosses": [ "When you give offense to someone, you do something that they don't like." ], "raw_tags": [ "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "Uncountable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "For the first time in the game, Arsenal goes on the offense." } ], "glosses": [ "The offense is the person or team who is attacking." ], "raw_tags": [ "uncountable" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/əˈfɛns/" }, { "audio": "en-us-offense.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ] } ], "word": "offense" }
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