word-vault/dist/data/cards/cr/cruise.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "cruise",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a journey by ship or boat, visiting different places, especially as a holiday",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(both British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(both British English)(British English)(North American English also)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'd love to go on a round-the-world cruise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a luxury cruise ship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They met on a cruise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cruise along the coast"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pleasure cruise around the bay"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Modern cruise liners have every conceivable luxury on board."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Now they could afford the world cruise they had promised themselves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She worked on a cruise ship as a croupier."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are going on a Mediterranean cruise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This year's cruise will visit the Norwegian fjords."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will be taking a cruise down the Nile."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can take a leisurely cruise on the lake."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Holidays", "Transport by water"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["luxury", "pleasure", "leisurely"],
                "verb + cruise": ["go on", "take"],
                "cruise + noun": ["boat", "liner", "ship"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the cruise", "cruise along", "cruise around"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kruːz/",
                "audio": "cr/cruise/cruise__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kruːz/",
                "audio": "cr/cruise/cruise__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (as a verb): probably from Dutch kruisen ‘to cross’, from kruis ‘cross’, from Latin crux."
}