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

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "aircraft",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/ve/vehicles_aircraft.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "any vehicle that can fly and carry goods or passengers",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**fighter/transport/military aircraft**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **aircraft was flown by** a young American pilot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We operate a fleet of six aircraft."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The systems are built for jet aircraft."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The aircraft is due to take off at midnight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The aircraft taxied along the runway."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The army is using unmanned aircraft to survey the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The passengers boarded the aircraft."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pilot overshot the runway and crashed his aircraft."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are approximately 6 700 commercial aircraft operating in the United States."
                },
                {
                    "text": "attacks by helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His passion is making model aircraft."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Significant progress has been made in reducing aircraft noise."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by air"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fixed-wing", "jet", "light"],
                "verb + aircraft": ["fly", "operate", "pilot"],
                "aircraft + verb": ["fly", "operate", "land"],
                "aircraft + noun": ["industry", "production", "manufacturer"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈeəkrɑːft/",
                "audio": "ai/aircraft/aircraft__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈerkræft/",
                "audio": "ai/aircraft/aircraft__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}