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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "lady",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ladies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "lady",
"2": "ladies"
},
"expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
"name": "noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": "la‧dy",
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings department."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A polite way of saying \"woman\"."
],
"id": "simple-lady-en-noun-mZmK46ey"
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Lady Diana was very popular with the British people."
}
],
"glosses": [
"The wife of a lord or a woman who holds the office in her own right."
],
"id": "simple-lady-en-noun-WrA43~un"
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Mary, please try to act more like a lady in public."
},
{
"text": "If you are not ladylike, you will not be seen as a lady."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A polite woman who is respected."
],
"id": "simple-lady-en-noun-4ouh4XYS"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈleɪdi/"
},
{
"sampa": "/\"leIdi/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-lady.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "lady"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "lady",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ladies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lady",
"2": "ladies"
},
"expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
"name": "noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": "la‧dy",
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings department."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A polite way of saying \"woman\"."
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Lady Diana was very popular with the British people."
}
],
"glosses": [
"The wife of a lord or a woman who holds the office in her own right."
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Mary, please try to act more like a lady in public."
},
{
"text": "If you are not ladylike, you will not be seen as a lady."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A polite woman who is respected."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈleɪdi/"
},
{
"sampa": "/\"leIdi/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-lady.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "lady"
}
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