word-vault/dist/data/cards/ai/aids.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "aids",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a serious illness caused by a virus called HIV that attacks the body’s ability to resist infection (the abbreviation for ‘Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome’)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **AIDS epidemic**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to fight/eradicate/combat AIDS"
                },
                {
                    "text": "people who have battled and survived AIDS"
                },
                {
                    "text": "AIDS research/education"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She died of an AIDs-related illness at the age of 54."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Six cases of AIDS have been reported."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Substantial progress has been made in the fight against Aids."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a worldwide campaign to prevent the spread of AIDS"
                },
                {
                    "text": "people fighting AIDS"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Five years after contracting HIV he developed full-blown AIDS."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full-blown"],
                "… of AIDS": ["case"],
                "verb + AIDS": ["be infected with", "fight", "have"],
                "AIDS + noun": ["patient", "sufferer", "victim"],
                "phrases": ["the spread of AIDS"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/eɪdz/",
                "audio": "ai/aids/aids__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/eɪdz/",
                "audio": "ai/aids/aids__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}