word-vault/dist/data/cards/af/afternoon.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "afternoon",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the period of time from 12 o'clock in the middle of the day until about 6 o’clock in the evening",
            "sensetop": "in the afternoonon the afternoon ofduring the afternoon",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**this/yesterday/tomorrow afternoon**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the afternoon, they went shopping.",
                    "contextForm": "in the afternoon"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where were you on the afternoon of May 21?",
                    "contextForm": "on the afternoon of"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Heavy snow arrived during the afternoon.",
                    "contextForm": "during the afternoon"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She studies art two afternoons a week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Come over on Sunday afternoon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The baby always has an afternoon nap."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you ready for this afternoon's meeting?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The activities are split into **morning and afternoon sessions**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm meeting him tomorrow afternoon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As the afternoon wore on he began to look unhappy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The afternoon sun shone full on her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We spent the afternoon sitting by the pool."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You deserve an afternoon off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the long sunny afternoons"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["this", "tomorrow", "yesterday"],
                "verb + afternoon": ["spend"],
                "afternoon + verb": ["progress", "wear on"],
                "afternoon + noun": ["snack", "tea", "heat"],
                "preposition": [
                    "by afternoon",
                    "during the afternoon",
                    "in the afternoon"
                ],
                "phrases": ["an/​the afternoon off"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɑːftəˈnuːn/",
                "audio": "af/afternoon/afternoon__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌæftərˈnuːn/",
                "audio": "af/afternoon/afternoon__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}