word-vault/dist/data/cards/da/dance.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "dance",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a series of movements and steps that are usually performed to music; a particular example of these movements and steps",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Do you know any other Latin American dances?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The next dance will be a waltz."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The girls performed a graceful dance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **dance class/routine**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Find a partner and practise these new **dance steps**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "May I have the next dance?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Save the last dance for me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had to sit out the last dance because of a twisted ankle."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["little", "fast", "lively"],
                "verb + dance": ["dance", "do", "perform"],
                "dance + noun": ["music", "rhythm", "performance"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the art of dancing, especially for entertainment",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an evening of drama, **music and dance**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**classical/contemporary/traditional dance**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **dance company/troupe **"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Hobbies"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["contemporary", "modern", "classical"],
                "dance + noun": ["company", "troupe", "style"],
                "phrases": ["a school of dance", "a style of dance"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an act of dancing",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Let's have a dance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He did a little dance of triumph."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In her delight she got up and did a little dance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Would you like a dance?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "pigeons performing their mating dance"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["little", "fast", "lively"],
                "verb + dance": ["dance", "do", "perform"],
                "dance + noun": ["music", "rhythm", "performance"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a social event at which people dance",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We hold a dance every year to raise money for charity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They met at a dance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I took her to my first high school dance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you going to the dance on Friday night?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["barn", "square", "school"],
                "verb + dance": ["go to", "hold"],
                "dance + noun": ["band"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the dance"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a piece of music for dancing to",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The band finished with a few slow dances."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to cause somebody a lot of trouble or worry",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "if you make a song and dance about something, you complain or talk about it too much when this is not necessary",
            "labels": "(British English, informal, disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She gives generously to charity without making a song and dance about it."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a long explanation about something, or excuse for something",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɑːns/",
                "audio": "da/dance/dance__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dæns/",
                "audio": "da/dance/dance__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French dancer (verb), dance (noun), of unknown origin."
}