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

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "button",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/cl/clothes_fasteners.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small round piece of metal, plastic, etc. that is sewn onto a piece of clothing and used for fastening two parts together",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to do up/undo your buttons"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to button/unbutton your buttons"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to sew on a button"
                },
                {
                    "text": "shirt buttons"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a row of gilt buttons"
                },
                {
                    "text": "One of the buttons on his jacket was missing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My coat has lost a button."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The top button of his shirt was undone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a button missing from his shirt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His fingers fumbled to do up/​button the small buttons on his shirt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I need to sew this button back on."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bottom", "top", "coat"],
                "verb + button": ["button", "do up", "fasten"],
                "button + verb": ["be missing", "come off"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a small part of a machine that you press to make it work",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the start/stop/pause button"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Adam **pressed a button** and waited for the lift."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Choose ‘printer’ from the menu and click with the right mouse button."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **pushed a button** on the control panel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **hit** the play **button** on the remote."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The windows slide down **at the touch of a button**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With a push of a button, I can print out everything I need."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She hit the alarm button as fast as she could."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The remote control allows you to change channel at the touch of a button."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Engineering"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["on", "start", "off"],
                "verb + button": ["click", "depress", "hit"],
                "phrases": [
                    "at the touch of a button",
                    "have your finger on",
                    "keep your finger on"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a small area on a computer screen that you click on to make it do something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Click on** the back **button** to go back to the previous screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Click the ‘Finish’ button in the top right-hand corner of the screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **hit** the ‘Reply’ **button** in the mail toolbar."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["on", "start", "off"],
                "verb + button": ["click", "depress", "hit"],
                "phrases": [
                    "at the touch of a button",
                    "have your finger on",
                    "keep your finger on"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a badge, especially one with a message printed on it",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He wore a button saying ‘Life begins at 40!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wore a ‘Vote Yes’ lapel button."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The candidates all distributed campaign buttons and bumper stickers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They all wore buttons saying ‘Stop the war’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He carries around an old backpack with peace buttons on it."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lapel", "campaign", "peace"],
                "verb + button": ["wear"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "intelligent and quick to understand",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "at exactly the right time or at the exact time mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We arrived at 4 o'clock on the button."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "exactly right",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're on the button there!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do exactly the right things to please somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a new satirical comedy show that pushes all the right buttons"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody react in either a positive or a negative way",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've known him for years, but I still don't know what pushes his buttons."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʌtn/",
                "audio": "bu/button/button__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʌtn/",
                "audio": "bu/button/button__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French bouton, of Germanic origin and related to the verb butt."
}