word-vault/dist/data/cards/ac/actor.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "actor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who performs on the stage, on television or in films, especially as a profession",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Both **lead actors** *(= the ones who play the main parts)* are outstanding."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is one of the country’s leading actors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a stage/film/movie actor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a Hollywood actor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie **starred** a bunch of relatively unknown young **actors**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre", "Jobs"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who plays a part, pretending by their behaviour to be a particular kind of person",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't know if he really meant the things he said—he was always a good actor."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a participant in an action or process",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Employers are key actors within industrial relations."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæktə(r)/",
                "audio": "ac/actor/actor__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæktər/",
                "audio": "ac/actor/actor__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (originally denoting an agent or administrator): from Latin, ‘doer, actor’, from agere ‘do, act’. The theatre sense dates from the 16th cent."
}