GRE/oxford_api/json/1486_futile.json
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{"id": "futile", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "futile", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"derivatives": [{"id": "futilely", "text": "futilely"}], "entries": [{"etymologies": ["mid 16th century: from Latin futilis \u2018leaky, futile\u2019, apparently from fundere \u2018pour\u2019"], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/futile_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u02c8fju\u02d0t\u028c\u026al"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["incapable of producing any useful result; pointless"], "examples": [{"text": "a futile attempt to keep fans from mounting the stage"}, {"text": "it is futile to allocate blame for this"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0397590.007", "shortDefinitions": ["incapable of producing any useful result"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "fruitless"}, {"language": "en", "text": "vain"}, {"language": "en", "text": "pointless"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "futile", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0006187.001"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "adjective", "text": "Adjective"}, "text": "futile"}], "type": "headword", "word": "futile"}], "word": "futile"}