word-vault/dist/data/cards/ag/aggression.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "aggression",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "feelings of anger and hate that may result in threatening or violent behaviour",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Video games have been blamed for causing aggression."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nowadays our aggression is channelled into sports."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do toy guns encourage aggression?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It showed no aggression towards other dogs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a display of naked aggression"
                },
                {
                    "text": "ways of releasing pent-up aggression"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["naked", "open", "overt"],
                "… of aggression": ["act"],
                "verb + aggression": ["display", "exhibit", "express"],
                "preposition": [
                    "aggression against",
                    "aggression by",
                    "aggression towards/​toward"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a violent attack or threats by one person against another person or by one country against another country",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "unprovoked military aggression"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Acts of aggression against local shop owners should be reported to the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Aggression by one nationality against another often leads to war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president announced that the country would not tolerate foreign aggressions."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["naked", "open", "overt"],
                "… of aggression": ["act"],
                "verb + aggression": ["display", "exhibit", "express"],
                "preposition": [
                    "aggression against",
                    "aggression by",
                    "aggression towards/​toward"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈɡreʃn/",
                "audio": "ag/aggression/aggression__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈɡreʃn/",
                "audio": "ag/aggression/aggression__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘an attack’): from Latin aggressio(n-), from aggredi ‘to attack’, from ad- ‘towards’ + gradi ‘proceed, walk’."
}