word-vault/dist/data/cards/bu/bus.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "bus",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ve/vehicles_buses.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a large road vehicle that carries passengers, especially one that travels along a fixed route and stops regularly to let people get on and off",
            "sensetop": "by bus",
            "labels": "(US English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Shall we walk or go by bus?",
                    "contextForm": "by bus"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't want to get on the wrong bus."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many students board the **school bus** before 7 a.m."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was seriously injured when the band's **tour bus** crashed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was going to catch the airport **shuttle bus**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **ride the** city **bus** every day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **bus company/driver**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A regular bus service connects the train station with the town centre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He can't afford the **bus fare** into the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I left work a bit late and had to run for my bus."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I missed the last bus and had to walk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I waited 40 minutes for a bus."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is this the bus for Oxford?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's about 15 minutes away by bus."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local buses run regularly to and from the campus."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I looked up the bus schedule on my phone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Check bus times before setting off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bus left the city, heading north."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bus pulled up and we got on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The buses stop outside the post office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The double-decker bus stopped to pick up some more passengers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are regular buses to the beach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We took the bus from Reading to Bristol."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bus carrying 56 passengers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a four-hour bus journey over the mountains"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a short bus journey to work"
                },
                {
                    "text": "people travelling on buses"
                },
                {
                    "text": "people who travel on buses"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the bus from Charlottesville to Union Station"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the bus into town"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bus timetable must have changed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a short bus ride from here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The map shows all the local bus routes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a bus, the number 18, which stops outside the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When we go on a double-decker bus the children always want to sit upstairs."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry", "Transport by bus and train"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["regular", "shuttle", "double-decker"],
                "verb + bus": ["go by", "go on", "ride"],
                "bus + verb": ["go", "run", "arrive"],
                "bus + noun": ["schedule", "times", "timetable"],
                "preposition": ["by bus", "on a/​the bus", "bus for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a set of wires that carries information from one part of a computer system to another",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody else suffer in order to save yourself or gain an advantage for yourself",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Plenty of my co-workers are satisfied to throw everyone else under the bus as long as they keep their wages."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bʌs/",
                "audio": "bu/bus/bus__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bʌs/",
                "audio": "bu/bus/bus__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: shortening of omnibus."
}