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Response:
{
"entries": [
{
"entry": "example",
"pronunciations": [
{
"transcriptions": [
{
"transcription": "/ɪɡˈzæmpl̩/",
"notation": "IPA"
}
],
"audio": {
"url": "http://audio.linguarobot.io/en/example-us.mp3",
"sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=267013"
},
"context": {
"regions": [
"United States"
]
}
},
{
"transcriptions": [
{
"transcription": "/ɪɡˈzɑːmpl̩/",
"notation": "IPA"
}
],
"context": {
"regions": [
"United Kingdom"
]
}
},
{
"transcriptions": [
{
"transcription": "/ɘɡˈzɐːmpɯ/",
"notation": "IPA"
}
],
"context": {
"regions": [
"New Zealand"
]
}
}
],
"interpretations": [
{
"lemma": "example",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"grammar": [
{
"number": [
"singular"
],
"case": [
"nominative"
]
}
],
"normalizedLemmas": [
{
"lemma": "example"
}
]
},
{
"lemma": "example",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"grammar": [
{
"person": [
"first-person",
"second-person"
],
"number": [
"singular"
],
"verbForm": [
"finite"
],
"tense": [
"present"
],
"mood": [
"indicative"
]
},
{
"person": [
"first-person",
"second-person",
"third-person"
],
"number": [
"plural"
],
"verbForm": [
"finite"
],
"tense": [
"present"
],
"mood": [
"indicative"
]
},
{
"person": [
"first-person",
"second-person",
"third-person"
],
"number": [
"singular",
"plural"
],
"verbForm": [
"finite"
],
"tense": [
"present"
],
"mood": [
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"verbForm": [
"finite"
],
"mood": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"verbForm": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
"normalizedLemmas": [
{
"lemma": "example"
}
]
}
],
"lexemes": [
{
"lemma": "example",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"definition": "To be illustrated or exemplified (by)."
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "examples",
"grammar": [
{
"person": [
"third-person"
],
"number": [
"singular"
],
"verbForm": [
"finite"
],
"tense": [
"present"
],
"mood": [
"indicative"
]
}
]
},
{
"form": "exampling",
"grammar": [
{
"verbForm": [
"participle"
],
"tense": [
"present"
]
}
]
},
{
"form": "exampling",
"grammar": [
{
"verbForm": [
"gerund"
]
}
]
},
{
"form": "exampled",
"grammar": [
{
"person": [
"first-person",
"second-person",
"third-person"
],
"number": [
"singular",
"plural"
],
"verbForm": [
"finite"
],
"tense": [
"past"
],
"mood": [
"indicative"
]
}
]
},
{
"form": "exampled",
"grammar": [
{
"verbForm": [
"participle"
],
"tense": [
"past"
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"lemma": "example",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"definition": "Something that is representative of all such things in a group.",
"labels": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"definition": "Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.",
"labels": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"definition": "Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).",
"labels": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"definition": "A person punished as a warning to others.",
"labels": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"definition": "A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.",
"labels": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"definition": "An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.",
"labels": [
"countable"
]
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "examples",
"grammar": [
{
"number": [
"plural"
],
"case": [
"nominative"
]
}
]
}
]
}
],
"license": {
"name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
"url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
},
"sourceUrls": [
"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/example"
]
}
]
}