See vain on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "vainer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "vainest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "vain",
"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "more vain",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most vain",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vain",
"2": "vainer",
"3": "vainest"
},
"expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
"name": "adj"
},
{
"args": {
"more": "true"
},
"expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
"name": "adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was so vain she spent hours looking at herself in the mirror."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If you are vain you think about yourself a lot, specially how you look."
],
"id": "simple-vain-en-adj-rNDErBrP"
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "She made a vain attempt to feed the baby carrots, but he kept spitting them out into her face."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If something is vain, it means it was not successful."
],
"id": "simple-vain-en-adj-2B-AL9rz"
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Prime Minister said that the soldiers killed in the battle did not die in vain. They helped save many innocent people."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If something is in vain, it means it happened for no reason or had no purpose."
],
"id": "simple-vain-en-adj-NnJE6Nuq"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "vān"
},
{
"ipa": "/veɪn/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-vain.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
"vane",
"vein"
]
}
],
"word": "vain"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "vainer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "vainest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "vain",
"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "more vain",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most vain",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vain",
"2": "vainer",
"3": "vainest"
},
"expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
"name": "adj"
},
{
"args": {
"more": "true"
},
"expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
"name": "adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was so vain she spent hours looking at herself in the mirror."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If you are vain you think about yourself a lot, specially how you look."
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "She made a vain attempt to feed the baby carrots, but he kept spitting them out into her face."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If something is vain, it means it was not successful."
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Prime Minister said that the soldiers killed in the battle did not die in vain. They helped save many innocent people."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If something is in vain, it means it happened for no reason or had no purpose."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "vān"
},
{
"ipa": "/veɪn/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-vain.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
"vane",
"vein"
]
}
],
"word": "vain"
}
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