word-vault/dist/data/cards/ba/banner.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "banner",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a long piece of cloth with a message on it that is carried between two poles or hung in a public place to show support for something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A huge banner over the street said ‘Welcome home’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Protesters carried a banner reading ‘Save our Wildlife’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Banners demanded the leader's resignation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The demonstrators carried banners bearing various slogans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They marched forward with banners waving in the wind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A banner strung across the road read, ‘Welcome home!’"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + banner": ["drape", "hang", "hang out"],
                "banner + verb": ["hang", "flutter", "fly"],
                "banner + noun": ["ad", "headline", "year"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a title or advertisement across the top or bottom or down the side of a page on the internet",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They put up a website banner advising customers to order early."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A banner saying ‘To be continued…’ appeared on the screen."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet", "Business"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "claiming to support a particular set of ideas",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They fought the election under the banner of ‘No new taxes’."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "as part of a particular group or organization",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Troops are in the country under the banner of the United Nations."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbænə(r)/",
                "audio": "ba/banner/banner__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbænər/",
                "audio": "ba/banner/banner__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French baniere, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to band ‘musical group’."
}