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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "apple",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/fr/fruit_misc.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a round fruit with shiny red or green skin that is fairly hard and white inside",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Peel and core the apples."
},
{
"text": "an **apple pie**"
},
{
"text": "apple sauce/juice"
},
{
"text": "a garden with three **apple trees**"
},
{
"text": "I took a bite of the apple."
},
{
"text": "Add some sugar to the stewed apple—it's still a little tart."
},
{
"text": "He just sat there munching on an apple."
},
{
"text": "The apples were all bruised after being dropped on the floor."
}
],
"topics": ["Food"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["sweet", "sharp", "sour"],
"verb + apple": ["bite into", "eat", "munch"],
"apple + noun": ["crisp", "crumble", "pie"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a child usually behaves in a similar way to his or her parent(s)",
"labels": "(saying, especially North American English)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person or thing that is loved more than any other",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She is the apple of her father's eye."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to describe a situation in which two people or things are completely different from each other",
"labels": "(especially North American English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They really are apples and oranges."
},
{
"text": "They are both great but **you can't compare apples and oranges**."
},
{
"text": "It’s a totally different situation, it’s apples and oranges."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that something is typical of America",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "one bad person who has a bad effect on others in a group",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈæpl/",
"audio": "ap/apple/apple__gb_5.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈæpl/",
"audio": "ap/apple/apple__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English æppel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch appel and German Apfel."
}