word-vault/dist/data/cards/ce/celebrity.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "celebrity",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a famous person",
            "labels": "informalinformal",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **celebrity chef**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He became a celebrity in China after winning a gold medal at the Olympics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hollywood/TV celebrities"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He achieved instant **celebrity status**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He became a minor celebrity among Manhattan's cultural élite."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He became something of a celebrity in his home town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The show's success made her an overnight celebrity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tonight's show features a host of celebrities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's his dream to become a celebrity chef."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was the first TV celebrity he had met in the flesh."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["international", "local", "national"],
                "… of celebrities": ["host"],
                "verb + celebrity": ["make somebody"],
                "celebrity + noun": ["profile", "status", "chef"],
                "phrases": ["something of a celebrity"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the state of being famous",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Does he find his new celebrity intruding on his private life?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He achieved overnight celebrity as a war correspondent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The diary charts her path from obscurity to international celebrity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He briefly achieved celebrity as a radical politician."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "fame"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈlebrəti/",
                "audio": "ce/celebrity/celebrity__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈlebrəti/",
                "audio": "ce/celebrity/celebrity__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘solemn ceremony’): from Old French celebrite or Latin celebritas, from celeber, celebr- ‘frequented or honoured’."
}