word-vault/dist/data/cards/an/angle.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "angle",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/an/angles.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the space between two lines or surfaces that join, measured in degrees",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a 45° angle"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the rocket’s angle of descent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Draw a 130° angle in your notebooks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each joint can move through an angle of 90°."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The vertical line makes an angle with the horizontal line."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the angle between these two lines"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes", "Maths and measurement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["acute", "oblique", "obtuse"],
                "verb + angle": ["form", "make", "draw"],
                "preposition": ["at an angle", "angle between"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a corner on the outside or inside of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's a modern building, all brick and glass and **sharp angles**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the direction that something is leaning or pointing in when it does not go straight up and down or straight across from side to side",
            "sensetop": "at an angleat an angle to something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The Tower of Pisa leans at an angle.",
                    "contextForm": "at an angle"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane was coming in at a steep angle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His hair was sticking up at all angles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His shoulder was bent at an odd angle so it must be broken."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Venus and the Earth orbit the Sun at a slight angle to each other.",
                    "contextForm": "at an angle to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wore his hat at a jaunty angle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She adjusted the angle of the legs to make the table stand more firmly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The calf's legs were splayed out at awkward angles."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["acute", "oblique", "obtuse"],
                "verb + angle": ["form", "make", "draw"],
                "preposition": ["at an angle", "angle between"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a position from which you look at something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The photo was taken from an unusual angle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The painting changes slightly when seen from different angles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The variety of **camera angles** gives her photographs interest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How you see the building depends on your angle of vision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Seeing herself from this angle, she realized how like her mother she looked."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["interesting", "strange", "unusual"],
                "verb + angle": ["take"],
                "preposition": ["from an angle"],
                "phrases": [
                    "angle of vision",
                    "from all angles",
                    "from every conceivable angle"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a particular way of presenting or thinking about a situation, problem, etc.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We need a new angle for our next advertising campaign."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can look at the issue from many **different angles**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You start seeing some solutions when you view something **from all angles**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The article concentrates on the human angle *(= the part that concerns people's emotions)* of the story."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need to consider the question from all angles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The subject is considered from an unusual angle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've looked at the problem from every possible angle but still haven't found a solution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He took a different angle on the story."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["interesting", "strange", "unusual"],
                "verb + angle": ["take"],
                "preposition": ["from an angle"],
                "phrases": [
                    "angle of vision",
                    "from all angles",
                    "from every conceivable angle"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæŋɡl/",
                "audio": "an/angle/angle__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæŋɡl/",
                "audio": "an/angle/angle__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin angulus ‘corner’."
}