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

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "anonymous",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "with a name that is not known or that is not made public",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an anonymous donor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to **remain anonymous**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the largely anonymous perpetrators of terrorist acts"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"],
                "phrases": ["prefer to remain anonymous", "wish to remain anonymous"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "written, given, made, etc. by somebody who does not want their name to be known or made public",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an anonymous letter"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "without any unusual or interesting features",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "long stretches of dull and anonymous countryside"
                },
                {
                    "text": "new housing estates with their anonymous tower blocks and large barren spaces"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈnɒnɪməs/",
                "audio": "an/anonymous/anonymous__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈnɑːnɪməs/",
                "audio": "an/anonymous/anonymous__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek anōnumos ‘nameless’ (from an- ‘without’ + onoma ‘name’) + -ous."
}