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      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "an"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hom": 1,
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      "hw": "an",
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        {
          "mw": "ən"
        },
        {
          "mw": "(ˈ)an",
          "sound": {
            "audio": "an000001",
            "ref": "c",
            "stat": "1"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "fl": "indefinite article",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|a:2||} "
                  ],
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                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "{wi}an{/wi} opera"
                      },
                      {
                        "t": "{wi}an{/wi} honor"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "usages": [
      {
        "pl": "{parahw}a{/parahw} vs. {parahw}an{/parahw}",
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          [
            "text",
            "In speech and writing {it}a{/it} is used before a consonant sound. "
          ],
          [
            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "{it}a{/it} door"
              },
              {
                "t": "{it}a{/it} human"
              }
            ]
          ],
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            "text",
            " Before a vowel sound {it}an{/it} is usual "
          ],
          [
            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "{it}an{/it} icicle"
              },
              {
                "t": "{it}an{/it} honor"
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            "text",
            " but especially in speech {it}a{/it} is used occasionally, more often in some dialects than in others. "
          ],
          [
            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "{it}a{/it} apple"
              },
              {
                "t": "{it}a{/it} hour"
              },
              {
                "t": "{it}a{/it} obligation"
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            "text",
            " Before a consonant sound represented by a vowel letter {it}a{/it} is usual "
          ],
          [
            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "{it}a{/it} one"
              },
              {
                "t": "{it}a{/it} union"
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            "text",
            " but {it}an{/it} also occurs though less frequently now than formerly. "
          ],
          [
            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "{it}an{/it} unique"
              },
              {
                "t": "such {it}an{/it} one"
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            "text",
            " Before unstressed or weakly stressed syllables with initial {it}h{/it} both {it}a{/it} and {it}an{/it} are used in writing. "
          ],
          [
            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "{it}a{/it} historic"
              },
              {
                "t": "{it}an{/it} historic"
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            "text",
            " In the King James Version of the Old Testament and occasionally in writing and speech {it}an{/it} is used before {it}h{/it} in a stressed syllable. "
          ],
          [
            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "{it}an{/it} huntress"
              },
              {
                "t": "{it}an{/it} hundred"
              },
              {
                "t": "children are {it}an{/it} heritage of the Lord",
                "aq": {
                  "source": "Psalms 127:3 (King James Version)"
                }
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "et": [
      [
        "text",
        "Middle English, from Old English {it}ān{/it} one {ma}{mat|one|}{/ma}"
      ]
    ],
    "date": "before 12th century",
    "shortdef": [
      "a"
    ]
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  {
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      "sort": "012517000",
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      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "an"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hom": 2,
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "an",
      "prs": [
        {
          "mw": "ən"
        },
        {
          "mw": "(ˌ)an",
          "sound": {
            "audio": "an000002",
            "ref": "c",
            "stat": "1"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "fl": "preposition",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|a:3||1} "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "sixty miles {wi}an{/wi} hour"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "et": [
      [
        "text",
        "Middle English {it}an, on,{/it} going back to Old English {it}a-, an, on{/it} {ma}{mat|on:1|}{/ma}"
      ]
    ],
    "date": "before 12th century",
    "shortdef": [
      "a"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "an:3",
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      "sort": "012518000",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "an",
        "an'"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hom": 3,
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "an"
    },
    "vrs": [
      {
        "vl": "or",
        "va": "an'"
      }
    ],
    "fl": "conjunction",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "1",
                "prs": [
                  {
                    "l": "see",
                    "mw": "{sc}and{/sc}"
                  }
                ],
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|and||}"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "2",
                "prs": [
                  {
                    "mw": "ˈan",
                    "sound": {
                      "audio": "an000002"
                    }
                  }
                ],
                "sls": [
                  "archaic"
                ],
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|if||}"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "date": "12th century{ds||1||}",
    "shortdef": [
      "and",
      "if"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "an:4",
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      "sort": "012519000",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "an"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hom": 4,
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "an"
    },
    "fl": "abbreviation",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "year"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "et": [
      [
        "text",
        "Latin {it}annum; annus{/it}"
      ]
    ],
    "shortdef": [
      "year"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "an-",
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      "sort": "012520000",
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      "stems": [
        "an-"
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    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "an-"
    },
    "fl": "prefix",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{dx}see {dxt|a-:2||}{/dx}"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "shortdef": []
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "-an:1",
      "uuid": "24cf1218-fbf6-4a7f-afd8-5fe1ae085131",
      "sort": "012521000",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "-an",
        "-ans",
        "-ean",
        "-eans",
        "-ian",
        "-ians"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hom": 1,
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "-an"
    },
    "vrs": [
      {
        "vl": "or",
        "va": "-ian"
      },
      {
        "vl": "or less commonly",
        "va": "-ean"
      }
    ],
    "fl": "noun suffix",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "1",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}one that is of or relating to "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "Americ{it}an{/it}"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "2",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}one skilled in or specializing in "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "phonetic{it}ian{/it}"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "et": [
      [
        "text",
        "{it}-an{/it} & {it}-ian{/it} from Middle English {it}-an, -ian{/it}, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French {it}-ien{/it}, from Latin {it}-ianus{/it}, from {it}-i-{/it} + {it}-anus{/it}, from {it}-anus{/it}, adjective suffix; {it}-ean{/it} from such words as {it}Mediterranean, European{/it}"
      ]
    ],
    "shortdef": [
      "one that is of or relating to",
      "one skilled in or specializing in"
    ]
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  {
    "meta": {
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      "sort": "012522000",
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      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "-an",
        "-ean",
        "-ian"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hom": 2,
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "-an"
    },
    "vrs": [
      {
        "vl": "or",
        "va": "-ian"
      },
      {
        "vl": "or less commonly",
        "va": "-ean"
      }
    ],
    "fl": "adjective suffix",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "1",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}of or belonging to "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "Americ{it}an{/it}"
                      },
                      {
                        "t": "Florid{it}ian{/it}"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "2",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}characteristic of {bc}resembling "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "Mozart{it}ean{/it}"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "shortdef": [
      "of or belonging to",
      "characteristic of : resembling"
    ]
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    "meta": {
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      "sort": "012523000",
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      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "-an",
        "-ans",
        "-ean",
        "-eans",
        "-ian",
        "-ians"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hom": 3,
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "-an"
    },
    "fl": "noun suffix",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "1",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}unsaturated organic compound "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "fur{it}an{/it}"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "2",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}anhydride of a carbohydrate "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "dextr{it}an{/it}"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "et": [
      [
        "text",
        "International Scientific Vocabulary {it}-an, -ane{/it}, alteration of {it}-ene, -ine{/it}, & {it}-one{/it}"
      ]
    ],
    "shortdef": [
      "unsaturated organic compound",
      "anhydride of a carbohydrate"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "AN",
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      "sort": "012524000",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "AN"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "AN"
    },
    "fl": "abbreviation",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "airman (Navy)"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "shortdef": [
      "airman (Navy)"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "a-:2",
      "uuid": "2b3f91a2-088a-4712-afde-0635fd79ed5d",
      "sort": "010009000",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "a-",
        "an-",
        "ana-"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hom": 2,
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "a-",
      "prs": [
        {
          "mw": "(ˈ)ā"
        },
        {
          "l": "also",
          "mw": "(ˈ)a"
        },
        {
          "l": "or",
          "mw": "(ˈ)ä"
        }
      ]
    },
    "vrs": [
      {
        "vl": "or",
        "va": "an-",
        "prs": [
          {
            "mw": "(ˈ)an"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "fl": "prefix",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}not {bc}without "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "{it}a{/it}sexual"
                      }
                    ]
                  ],
                  [
                    "uns",
                    [
                      [
                        [
                          "text",
                          "{it}a-{/it} before consonants other than {it}h{/it} and sometimes even before {it}h, an-{/it} before vowels and usually before {it}h{/it} "
                        ],
                        [
                          "vis",
                          [
                            {
                              "t": "{it}a{/it}chromatic"
                            },
                            {
                              "t": "{it}a{/it}historical"
                            },
                            {
                              "t": "{it}an{/it}astigmatic"
                            },
                            {
                              "t": "{it}an{/it}hydrous"
                            }
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "et": [
      [
        "text",
        "Latin & Greek; Latin, from Greek {ma}{mat|un-|}{/ma}"
      ]
    ],
    "shortdef": [
      "not : without —a- before consonants other than h and sometimes even before h, an- before vowels and usually before h"
    ]
  }
]