word-vault/dist/data/cards/co/coast.json

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{
    "term": "coast",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/co/coast.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the land next to or near to the sea or ocean",
            "sensetop": "coast of somethingon the coastoff the coastalong the coastat the coastby the coastfrom coast to coast",
            "labels": "(especially British English)(especially North American English)",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a trip to the coast"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They plan to swim around the coast of Ireland.",
                    "contextForm": "coast of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the southern/northern/eastern/western coast of Britain"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a town on the **south/east coast** of England",
                    "contextForm": "on the coast"
                },
                {
                    "text": "islands off the **north/west coast** of Scotland",
                    "contextForm": "off the coast"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We walked along the coast for five miles.",
                    "contextForm": "along the coast"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We spent the day at the coast.",
                    "contextForm": "at the coast"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a holiday by the coast",
                    "contextForm": "by the coast"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He cycled 2  500 miles across Australia from coast to coast.",
                    "contextForm": "from coast to coast"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **Atlantic coast**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's a pretty stretch of coast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The coast road is closed due to bad weather."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The coast stretched far into the distance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The path hugs the coast all the way to Riomaggiore."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sailed around the coast to St John's."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This stretch of coast is famous for its beaches."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We drove south along the coast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a village on the Mediterranean coast"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an island two miles off the coast of Brazil"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the long stretch of coast between Lowestoft and Felixstowe"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He disappeared in a mountainous area near the Welsh coast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The next scene is famously set on ‘a sea coast in Bohemia’."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rocky", "rugged", "wild"],
                "… of coast": ["stretch"],
                "verb + coast": ["hit", "reach", "approach"],
                "coast + verb": ["stretch"],
                "coast + noun": ["highway", "road"],
                "preposition": [
                    "along the coast",
                    "around the coast",
                    "round the coast"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "there is no danger of being seen or caught",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As soon as the coast was clear, he climbed in through the window."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəʊst/",
                "audio": "co/coast/coast__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəʊst/",
                "audio": "co/coast/coast__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘side of the body’), from Old French coste (noun), costeier (verb), from Latin costa ‘rib, flank, side’. The current noun sense arose from the phrase coast of the sea ‘side of the sea’."
}