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

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "commissioner",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a member of a commission (= an official group of people who are responsible for controlling something or finding out about something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Church Commissioners *(= the group of people responsible for controlling the financial affairs of the Church of England)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "European Commissioners"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "assistant", "deputy"],
                "verb + commissioner": ["appoint", "appoint somebody (as)"],
                "preposition": ["commissioner for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the head of a particular police force in some countries",
            "labels": "especially in North American English",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "assistant", "deputy"],
                "verb + commissioner": ["appoint", "appoint somebody (as)"],
                "preposition": ["commissioner for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the head of a government department in some countries",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **agriculture/health, etc. commissioner**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Commissioner Rhodes was unavailable for comment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Economic Affairs Commissioner, Albert Johnson, resigned over the issue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The merger has been referred to the European Competition Commissioner."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "assistant", "deputy"],
                "verb + commissioner": ["appoint", "appoint somebody (as)"],
                "preposition": ["commissioner for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "(in the US) an official chosen by a sports association to control it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the baseball commissioner"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a commissioner for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "assistant", "deputy"],
                "verb + commissioner": ["appoint", "appoint somebody (as)"],
                "preposition": ["commissioner for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪʃənə(r)/",
                "audio": "co/commissioner/commissioner__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪʃənər/",
                "audio": "co/commissioner/commissioner__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from medieval Latin commissionarius, from Latin commissio, from committere ‘entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’."
}