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

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "basketball",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/sp/sports_team.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a game played by two teams of five players, using a large ball which players try to throw into a high net hanging from a ring",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **basketball game/coach/team/player**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I played **college basketball** for a while."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The games will be played on the **basketball courts**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["college", "high-school", "pro"],
                "… of basketball": ["game"],
                "verb + basketball": ["play", "watch"],
                "basketball + noun": ["championship", "competition", "game"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the ball used in this game",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to dribble/dunk a basketball"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɑːskɪtbɔːl/",
                "audio": "ba/basketball/basketball__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbæskɪtbɔːl/",
                "audio": "ba/basketball/basketball__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}