word-vault/dist/data/cards/ab/absurd.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "absurd",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjectivenoun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "extremely silly; not logical and sensible",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That uniform makes the guards look absurd."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Of course it's not true, what an absurd idea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She found the whole concept faintly absurd."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Such beliefs are patently absurd."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't be absurd! Why would he want to do a thing like that?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I must say I felt faintly absurd."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's absurd to suggest that I'm being unprofessional."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "ridiculous",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "quite"],
                "phrases": ["a sense of the absurd"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "things that are or that seem to be absurd",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He has a good sense of the absurd."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əbˈsɜːd/",
                "audio": "ab/absurd/absurd__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əbˈsɜːrd/",
                "audio": "ab/absurd/absurd__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Latin absurdus ‘out of tune’, hence ‘irrational’; related to surdus ‘deaf, dull’."
}