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

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "coloured",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having a particular colour or different colours",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**brightly coloured** balloons"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He uses ink and coloured pencils in his drawings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The street was ablaze with coloured lights."
                },
                {
                    "text": "vases made of coloured glass"
                },
                {
                    "text": "dark-coloured jeans"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was wearing a cream-coloured suit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The words are written in a different-coloured ink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wore a richly coloured silk dress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "variously coloured birds"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["boldly", "brightly", "brilliantly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a word used to describe a person who is not white, which is now considered offensive",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, offensive)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "(in South Africa) having parents who are of different races",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkʌləd/",
                "audio": "co/coloured/coloured__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkʌlərd/",
                "audio": "co/coloured/coloured__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}