word-vault/dist/data/cards/ar/architecture.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "architecture",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/ar/architecture.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the art and study of designing buildings",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to study architecture"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a professor of architecture at the University of Oregon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an architecture student/critic"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the design or style of a building or buildings",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the architecture of the eighteenth century"
                },
                {
                    "text": "modern architecture"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are examples of most styles of architecture in the town."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["classical", "contemporary", "medieval"],
                "phrases": ["a school of architecture", "a style of architecture"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the design and structure of a computer system",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["client-server", "hardware", "information"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːkɪtektʃə(r)/",
                "audio": "ar/architecture/architecture__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːrkɪtektʃər/",
                "audio": "ar/architecture/architecture__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Latin architectura, from architectus from Greek arkhitektōn, from arkhi- ‘chief’ + tektōn ‘builder’."
}