word-vault/dist/data/cards/ch/chemist.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "chemist",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines, and who works in a shop",
            "labels": "(both British English)North American English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Healthcare", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["local", "dispensing"],
                "phrases": ["chemist’s shop", "the chemist’s"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a shop that sells medicines and usually also soap, make-up, etc.",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can obtain the product from all good chemists."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take this prescription to the chemist's."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll get it at the chemist's."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a chemist’s/chemist shop"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping", "Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["local", "dispensing"],
                "phrases": ["chemist’s shop", "the chemist’s"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a scientist who studies chemistry",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a research chemist"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["distinguished", "government", "industrial"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkemɪst/",
                "audio": "ch/chemist/chemist__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkemɪst/",
                "audio": "ch/chemist/chemist__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting an alchemist): from French chimiste, from modern Latin chimista, from alchimista ‘alchemist’, from alchimia, from Arabic al-kīmiyā', from al ‘the’ + kīmiyā' (from Greek khēmia, khēmeia ‘art of transmuting metals’)."
}