{"loaderData":{"0":null,"0-3":[{"type":"fetchPageData/fulfilled","payload":{"_id":"home-legacy","story":{"created_at":"2023-07-04T15:14:18.526Z","published_at":"2024-05-02T04:05:00.000Z","content":{"heroModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/writing/how-to-write-a-scary-story-tips-to-haunt-your-reader/","text":"Read more.","target":"_self"}],"article":{"name":"How to Write a Scary Story: Tips to Haunt Your Readers","content":{"topicLabel":"Writing tips"}},"imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/featured/hero/how-to-write-a-scary-story-tips-to-haunt-your-reader-20251006.png","description":"Interested in crafting the next big thriller or a spooky short story? Here are some tips to get started.","subjectLabel":"Today"}],"quizModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/learn/quizzes","text":"Go to all quizzes","target":"_self"}],"image":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-quiz.png","articleLink":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/quizzes/keep-it-short-an-abbreviations-quiz","text":"Take the full quiz.","target":"_self"}],"subjectLabel":"Quiz","wordpressSlug":"keep-it-short-an-abbreviations-quiz","questionNumber":"1"}],"xotdModule":[],"gamesModule":[{"gamesList":[{"name":"Daily Crossword","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:24:23.318Z","published_at":"2024-02-07T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141299,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/crossword/","text":"Daily Crossword","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215805,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-crossword.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":""},"slug":"daily-crossword","full_slug":"games/daily-crossword","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"013f4974-3fad-4e2b-8aa2-c573ef31f263","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:55.972Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Hurdle","created_at":"2023-07-07T20:42:46.109Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":337835996,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/todays-hurdle","text":"Hurdle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215808,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/hurdle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/hurdle"},"slug":"hurdle","full_slug":"games/hurdle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-30,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3342f4e9-9403-4609-a956-7cd5eab50dc9","first_published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:55.648Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Puzzle","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:31:56.964Z","published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:59.422Z","id":336150578,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-puzzle","text":"Word Puzzle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215807,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-puzzle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false}},"slug":"word-puzzle","full_slug":"games/word-puzzle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-20,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"71792320-7229-4ab6-8558-b3af16f5e557","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:43.933Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Wipe","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:28:02.623Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141320,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe","text":"Word Wipe","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215806,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-wipe.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe"},"slug":"word-wipe","full_slug":"games/word-wipe","sort_by_date":null,"position":-10,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3789fc63-90b3-4407-99f4-fa263d1a3e39","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:50.947Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true}],"description":"Calling all cruciverbalists! Sharpen your mind with crosswords and word games, or take a brain break with your favorite classic games.","subjectLabel":"Games"}],"commonModule":[],"ribbonModule":[],"trendingModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/words-for-book-lovers/","text":"Words All Book Lovers Should Add to Their Lingo Library"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/passenger-princess/","text":"Do You Have a \"Passenger Princess\" In Your Car?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/macro-vs-micro-economics/","text":"Macro vs. Micro: the Big (and Small) Difference"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/s/cool-words","text":"15 Cool Words to Add to Your Vocabulary"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/french-fries-words-around-the-world/","text":"Frites, Chips, and More: French Fries Around the World"}]}}],"subjectLabel":"Trending"}],"newsletterModule":[{"title":"Salutations, logophile!","imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/newsletter.png","description":"Sign up to get everything a word lover could want: word origins, fun facts, and the latest language trends.","subjectLabel":"Newsletter"}],"largeRibbonModule":[],"recirculationModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/news-from-october-4-october-10-2025/","text":"This Week in Words: News from October 4–October 10, 2025"}],"topicLabel":"This Week in Words 🌎"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/emoji/face-in-clouds-emoji/","text":"How Are You Using the Face in Clouds Emoji 😶‍🌫️?"}],"topicLabel":"Emoji IRL"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/whycapitali/","text":"Why Do We Capitalize the Pronoun \"I\"?"}],"topicLabel":"Writing"}}],"subjectLabel":"Featured"}]},"slug":"shared-homepage","full_slug":"homepages/shared-homepage","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140983,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"c7ed375b-9129-448c-aeec-9f52e3fef270","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T18:23:43.845Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null}},"meta":{"requestId":"IZZcQuWqmYa6dY87F-HM2","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"nlp":[],"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"ån"},"requestId":"ziMNqwGeyOLbsQPcM2i24","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusRelatedEntries/fulfilled","payload":{"relatedEntries":[{"headword":"a","partOfSpeech":"article","shortDefinition":"not any particular or certain one of a class or group","slug":"a","synonyms":[{"headword":"an","slug":"an"},{"headword":"one","slug":"one"}]},{"headword":"one","partOfSpeech":"pronoun","shortDefinition":"a person or thing of a number or kind indicated","slug":"one","synonyms":[{"headword":"a","slug":"a"},{"headword":"an","slug":"an"},{"headword":"any of","slug":"any-of"}]}],"slug":"an"},"meta":{"arg":"an","requestId":"dPazjeWIEk6oT6T363g1F","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2021-05-09T14:49:07Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an","standardForm":"an"},"id":"6097f66300000003d5002e52","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2021-05-09T14:49:07Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"an","groups":["a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"antonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"every","id":"6097fbb500000003be00c14a","slug":"every"},"similarity":-10},{"entry":{"headword":"the","id":"6097f841000000014100c4ae","slug":"the"},"similarity":-10}],"crossReferences":[{"targetEntry":{"headword":"a","id":"6097f6570000000324008e3a","slug":"a"},"targetEntryId":"6097f6570000000324008e3f","type":"as-in"}],"id":"6097f66300000003d5002e57","ordinal":1,"shortText":"not any particular or certain one of a class or group","source":"random-house","synonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"one","id":"6097f727000000001d00d7a7","slug":"one"},"similarity":50}]}],"id":"6097f663bb1f88f7c11cddc1","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"article"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c676","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"A04/A0427300/A0427300.flac","mpeg":"A04/A0427300/A0427300.mp3","ogg":"A04/A0427300/A0427300.ogg","wav":"A04/A0427300/A0427300.wav"},"id":"5568070d000000027c00c677","ipa":{"text":"ən"},"phonetic":{"html":"uhn","italicIndices":[0,1],"text":"uhn"}}],"region":"us"},{"id":"5568070d8f0d7c8ede647717","label":"when stressed","lang":"en","ordinal":2,"pronunciations":[{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c67d","ipa":{"text":"æn"},"phonetic":{"html":"an","text":"an"}}],"region":"us","tags":[{"tag":"when_stressed","type":"qualifier"}]}],"slug":"an","source":"random-house","subType":"as-in","type":"tcom"}],"type":"tcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"an","requestId":"AljqwNKkjq_PAkgb9DXCR","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchDictionaryEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2010-07-27T12:05:57Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"-an","standardForm":"-an"},"id":"4c4ecba500000002df00f420","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2010-07-27T12:05:57Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":false,"forward":"an","groups":["-","a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["-an","an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"0","ordinal":1,"origin":{"source":"collins","text":"from Latin -ānus, suffix of adjectives","type":"etymology"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"examples":[{"sentence":"European"}],"id":"4c08f4b482c8b9972dfe3c28","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"General:General_Language:General_Language_Term","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"(forming adjectives and nouns) belonging to or relating to; a person belonging to or coming from"},{"examples":[{"sentence":"Elizabethan"}],"id":"4cc2f3148dd7a8c4ce67338e","ordinal":2,"tags":[{"tag":"General:General_Language:General_Language_Term","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"(forming adjectives and nouns) typical of or resembling; a person typical of"},{"examples":[{"sentence":"Christian"}],"id":"4c915fd97f82579419c33cef","ordinal":3,"tags":[{"tag":"General:General_Language:General_Language_Term","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"(forming adjectives and nouns) adhering to or following; an adherent of"},{"examples":[{"sentence":"dietitian"},{"sentence":"phonetician"}],"id":"4cdcec6a176ad0292ab26c74","ordinal":4,"tags":[{"tag":"General:General_Language:General_Language_Term","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"(forming nouns) a person who specializes or is expert in"}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"suffix"}],"slug":"an","source":"collins","type":"british"},{"createDate":"2010-06-27T08:44:21Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an","standardForm":"An"},"homograph":1,"id":"4c270f65d4c49792cf174be9","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2010-06-27T08:44:21Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"an","groups":["a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":2,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"4c7626e3fd02659c48ab9d58","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"Religion_and_Philosophy:Myth_and_Legend:Non-European_Myth_and_Legend","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"myth the Sumerian sky god","variants":[{"form":"Anu","label":"Babylonian counterpart:"}]}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"ipa":{"text":"ɑːn"}}]}],"slug":"an","source":"collins","type":"british"},{"createDate":"2010-11-03T19:28:56Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an","standardForm":"An"},"homograph":2,"id":"4cd1b7f8c099ceeac7262f93","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2010-11-03T19:28:56Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"an","groups":["a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":3,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"4c9f317914bb072082429189","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"Science_and_Technology:Chemistry","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"actinon"}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"symbol"}],"slug":"an","source":"collins","type":"british"},{"createDate":"2010-09-19T15:42:29Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an","standardForm":"AN"},"id":"4c962f657244f8f74a905dc8","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2010-09-19T15:42:29Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"an","groups":["a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":4,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"4ccaf771ce6c0f2d53554b0f","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"Arts:Linguistics:Languages","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"Anglo-Norman"}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"abbreviation"}],"slug":"an","source":"collins","type":"british"},{"createDate":"2010-07-27T19:35:19Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an","standardForm":"an"},"homograph":1,"id":"4c4f34f70000000174007966","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2010-07-27T19:35:19Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"an","groups":["a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","notes":[{"text":"An was formerly often used before words that begin with h and are unstressed on the first syllable: an hotel ; an historic meeting . Sometimes the initial h was not pronounced. This usage is now becoming obsolete","type":"usage"}],"ordinal":5,"origin":{"source":"collins","text":"Old English ān _one","type":"etymology"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"examples":[{"sentence":"an old car"},{"sentence":"an elf"},{"sentence":"an honour"}],"id":"4c7f7a6d9fde2f929018f6d3","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"General:General_Language:General_Language_Term","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"a form of the indefinite article used before an initial vowel sound"}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"determiner"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"ipa":{"text":"æn"}}]},{"ordinal":2,"pronunciations":[{"ipa":{"text":"ən"}}]}],"slug":"an","source":"collins","type":"british"},{"createDate":"2010-09-04T20:45:10Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an","standardForm":"an"},"homograph":2,"id":"4c82afd6fc9812595c373d6d","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2010-09-04T20:45:10Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"an","groups":["a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":6,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"4ca7404e2cd8b35b476373a1","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"General:General_Language:General_Language_Term","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"(subordinating) an obsolete or dialect word for if See and"}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"conjunction"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"ipa":{"text":"æn"}}]},{"ordinal":2,"pronunciations":[{"ipa":{"text":"ən"}}]}],"slug":"an","source":"collins","type":"british"},{"createDate":"2010-10-18T05:40:24Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an","standardForm":"an"},"homograph":3,"id":"4cbbddc83a15e23f7add2d25","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2010-10-18T05:40:24Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"an","groups":["a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":7,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"4c64fe556eaea2fb2fc45eee","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"Science_and_Technology:Electronics_and_Computer_Science:Computer_Science","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"Netherlands Antilles"}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"abbreviation"}],"slug":"an","source":"collins","type":"british"},{"createDate":"2010-10-27T10:17:56Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an-","standardForm":"an-"},"id":"4cc7fc549342a154b44af75e","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2010-10-27T10:17:56Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":false,"forward":"an","groups":["-","a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an-","n-","-"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":8,"origin":{"source":"collins","text":"from Greek","type":"etymology"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"examples":[{"sentence":"anaphrodisiac"}],"id":"4c185c67914b464d9680ed58","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"General:General_Language:General_Language_Term","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"not; without"}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"prefix"}],"slug":"an","source":"collins","type":"british"}],"type":"british"},{"entries":[{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an","standardForm":"an","syllabicForm":"an"},"homograph":1,"homographOrdinal":1,"id":"5568070d000000027c00c671","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"an","groups":["a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","notes":[{"source":"dcom","text":"See a ¹.","type":"grammar"}],"ordinal":1,"origin":{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c690","source":"dcom","text":"before 950; Middle English; Old English ān one in a weakened sense","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"crossReferences":[{"targetEntry":{"headword":"a","id":"556806bc000000024100f66a","slug":"a"}}],"examples":[{"sentence":"an historian."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c684","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Function Words","type":"category"}],"text":"the form of a before an initial vowel sound (an arch; an honor ) and sometimes, especially in British English, before an initial unstressed syllable beginning with a silent or weakly pronounced h ."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c681","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"indefinite-article"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c676","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"A04/A0427300/A0427300.flac","mpeg":"A04/A0427300/A0427300.mp3","ogg":"A04/A0427300/A0427300.ogg","wav":"A04/A0427300/A0427300.wav"},"id":"5568070d000000027c00c677","ipa":{"text":"ən"},"phonetic":{"html":"uhn","italicIndices":[0,1],"text":"uhn"}}],"region":"us"},{"id":"5568070d8f0d7c8ede647717","label":"when stressed","lang":"en","ordinal":2,"pronunciations":[{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c67d","ipa":{"text":"æn"},"phonetic":{"html":"an","text":"an"}}],"region":"us","tags":[{"tag":"when_stressed","type":"qualifier"}]}],"slug":"an","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"},{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an-","standardForm":"an-","syllabicForm":"an-"},"homograph":1,"homographOrdinal":2,"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6e7","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":false,"forward":"an","groups":["-","a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an-","n-","-"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":2,"origin":{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6fe","source":"dcom","text":"< Greek. See a- ⁶, in- ³, un- ¹","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"examples":[{"sentence":"anelectric."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6ee","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Affixes","type":"category"}],"text":"a prefix occurring before stems beginning with a vowel or h in loanwords from Greek, where it means “not,” “without,” “lacking” (anarchy; anecdote ); used in the formation of compound words."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6ed","ordinal":1}],"slug":"an","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"},{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an","standardForm":"an","syllabicForm":"an"},"homograph":2,"homographOrdinal":1,"id":"5568070d000000027c00c69e","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"an","groups":["a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":3,"origin":{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6d0","source":"dcom","text":"First recorded in 1125–75; Middle English, unstressed phonetic variant of and","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"crossReferences":[{"targetEntry":{"headword":"and","id":"5568070d000000027c00f18c","slug":"and"}}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6b1","label":"Informal.","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Function Words","type":"category"},{"tag":"Slang and Taboo Speech","type":"category"},{"tag":"Informal Terms","type":"category"}],"text":"and."},{"crossReferences":[{"targetEntry":{"headword":"if","id":"55680ad000000001750065c2","slug":"if"}}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6bc","label":"Archaic.","ordinal":2,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Function Words","type":"category"},{"tag":"Slang and Taboo Speech","type":"category"}],"text":"if."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6ae","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"conjunction"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6a3","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"A04/A0427400/A0427400.flac","mpeg":"A04/A0427400/A0427400.mp3","ogg":"A04/A0427400/A0427400.ogg","wav":"A04/A0427400/A0427400.wav"},"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6a4","ipa":{"text":"ən"},"phonetic":{"html":"uhn","italicIndices":[0,1],"text":"uhn"}}],"region":"us"},{"id":"5568070d8f0d7c8ede647718","label":"when stressed","lang":"en","ordinal":2,"pronunciations":[{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6aa","ipa":{"text":"æn"},"phonetic":{"html":"an","text":"an"}}],"region":"us","tags":[{"tag":"when_stressed","type":"qualifier"}]}],"slug":"an","source":"dcom","type":"dcom","variants":[{"commonality":2,"form":"an',","id":"5568070d000000027c00c6c9","label":"Also","syllabicForm":"an',","type":"spelling"}]},{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an-","standardForm":"an-","syllabicForm":"an-"},"homograph":2,"homographOrdinal":2,"id":"5568070d000000027c00c70a","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":false,"forward":"an","groups":["-","a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an-","n-","-"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":4,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"crossReferences":[{"targetDefinition":{"id":"556806cf000000024c00c78c","ordinal":1,"text":"a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “toward” and indicated direction, tendency, or addition: adjoin . Usually assimilated to the following consonant; a-, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-."},"targetEntry":{"headword":"ad-","id":"556806cf000000024c00c786","slug":"ad"}}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c711","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Affixes","type":"category"}],"text":"variant of ad- before n: announce."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c710","ordinal":1}],"slug":"an","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"},{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an-","standardForm":"an-","syllabicForm":"an-"},"homograph":3,"homographOrdinal":1,"id":"5568070d000000027c00c71a","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":false,"forward":"an","groups":["-","a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an-","n-","-"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":5,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"crossReferences":[{"targetDefinition":{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c7d7","ordinal":1,"text":"a prefix in loanwords from Greek, where it means “up,” “against,” “back,” “re-”: anabasis; used in the formation of compound words: anacardiaceous."},"targetEntry":{"headword":"ana-","id":"5568070d000000027c00c7d1","slug":"ana"}}],"examples":[{"sentence":"anion."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c721","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Affixes","type":"category"}],"text":"variant of ana- before a vowel."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c720","ordinal":1}],"slug":"an","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"},{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an","standardForm":"An","syllabicForm":"An"},"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6d7","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"an","groups":["a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":6,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6e3","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Eastern Religions","type":"category"}],"text":"the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6e0","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6db","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"A04/A0427500/A0427500.flac","mpeg":"A04/A0427500/A0427500.mp3","ogg":"A04/A0427500/A0427500.ogg","wav":"A04/A0427500/A0427500.wav"},"id":"5568070d000000027c00c6dc","ipa":{"text":"ɑn"},"phonetic":{"html":"ahn","text":"ahn"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"an","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"},{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an","standardForm":"An","syllabicForm":"An"},"id":"5568070d000000027c00c76f","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"an","groups":["a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":7,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c778","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Chemistry","type":"category"}],"text":"actinon."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c774","label":"Symbol, Chemistry.","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"Symbol","type":"subject-category"},{"tag":"Chemistry","type":"subject-category"}]}],"slug":"an","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"},{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an","standardForm":"AN","syllabicForm":"AN"},"id":"5568070d000000027c00c75e","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"an","groups":["a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":8,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"crossReferences":[{"targetEntry":{"headword":"Anglo-Norman","id":"5568070d000000027c0019e4","slug":"anglo-norman"}}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c766","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Abbreviations","type":"category"},{"tag":"People","type":"category"}],"text":"Anglo-Norman."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c765","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"abbreviation"}],"slug":"an","source":"dcom","type":"dcom","variants":[{"commonality":1,"form":"A.-N.","id":"5568070d000000027c00c762","label":"Or","syllabicForm":"A.-N.","type":"spelling"}]},{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"-an","standardForm":"-an","syllabicForm":"-an"},"id":"5568070d000000027c00c72a","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":false,"forward":"an","groups":["-","a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["-an","an","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"0","ordinal":9,"origin":{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c757","source":"dcom","text":"Middle English < Latin -ānus, -āna, -ānum; in some words replacing -ain, -en < Old French < Latin","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"crossReferences":[{"targetDefinition":{"id":"55680ad00000000175003462","ordinal":1,"text":"a suffix with the same meaning and properties as -an, though -ian is now the more productive of the two suffixes in recent coinages, especially when the base noun ends in a consonant: Orwellian; Washingtonian ."},"targetEntry":{"headword":"-ian","id":"55680ad0000000017500345c","slug":"ian"}},{"targetDefinition":{"id":"55680ad00000000175003462","ordinal":1,"text":"a suffix with the same meaning and properties as -an, though -ian is now the more productive of the two suffixes in recent coinages, especially when the base noun ends in a consonant: Orwellian; Washingtonian ."},"targetEntry":{"headword":"-ian","id":"55680ad0000000017500345c","slug":"ian"}}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c730","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Affixes","type":"category"}],"text":"a suffix occurring originally in adjectives borrowed from Latin, formed from nouns denoting places (Roman; urban ) or persons (Augustan ), and now productively forming English adjectives by extension of the Latin pattern. Attached to geographic names, it denotes provenance or membership (American; Chicagoan; Tibetan ), the latter sense now extended to membership in social classes, religious denominations, etc., in adjectives formed from various kinds of noun bases (Episcopalian; pedestrian; Puritan; Republican ) and membership in zoological taxa (acanthocephalan; crustacean ). Attached to personal names, it has the additional senses “contemporary with” (Elizabethan; Jacobean ) or “proponent of ” (Hegelian; Freudian ) the person specified by the noun base. The suffix -an, and its variant -ian also occurs in a set of personal nouns, mainly loanwords from French, denoting one who engages in, practices, or works with the referent of the base noun (comedian; grammarian; historian; theologian ); this usage is especially productive with nouns ending in -ic (electrician; logician; technician ). See -ian for relative distribution with that suffix."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c72f","ordinal":1}],"slug":"an","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"},{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"an.","standardForm":"an.","syllabicForm":"an."},"id":"5568070d000000027c00c77c","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":false,"forward":"an","groups":[".","a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["an.","n.","."]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":10,"origin":{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c787","source":"dcom","text":"From the Latin word annō","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c782","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Abbreviations","type":"category"}],"text":"in the year."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c781","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"abbreviation"}],"slug":"an","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"},{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"a.n.","standardForm":"A.N.","syllabicForm":"A.N."},"id":"5568070d000000027c00c78a","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:28:29Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":false,"forward":"an","groups":[".","..","a","n"],"numLetters":2,"reverse":"na","subwordTokens":["a.n.",".n.","n.","."]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":11,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c790","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Abbreviations","type":"category"},{"tag":"People","type":"category"}],"text":"Anglo-Norman."},{"id":"5568070d000000027c00c795","ordinal":2,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Abbreviations","type":"category"},{"tag":"Titles, Abbreviations, and Organizations","type":"category"}],"text":"Associate in Nursing."}],"id":"5568070d000000027c00c78f","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"abbreviation"}],"slug":"an","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"}],"type":"dcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"an","requestId":"tQrAj2dakzRhS-E8FpolK","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"ån"},"requestId":"dodbYABp3kzKURRWuRm3U","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

an

Related Words