word-vault/dist/data/cards/du/dub.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "dub",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "dub",
            "heSheIt": "dubs"
        },
        "pastSimple": "dubbed",
        "pastParticiple": "dubbed",
        "ingForm": "dubbing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to give somebody/something a particular name, often in a humorous or critical way",
            "sensetop": "dub somebody + noun",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The media dubbed anorexia ‘the slimming disease’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Genetically modified products have been dubbed ‘Frankenfoods’ in the popular press."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to replace the original speech in a film or television programme with words in another language",
            "sensetop": "dub something (into something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an American movie dubbed into Italian"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre", "TV, radio and news"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make a piece of music by mixing sounds from different recordings",
            "sensetop": "dub something",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌb/",
                "audio": "du/dub/dub__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌbz/",
                "audio": "du/dub/dubs__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌbd/",
                "audio": "du/dub/dubbed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʌbɪŋ/",
                "audio": "du/dub/dubbing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌb/",
                "audio": "du/dub/dub__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌbz/",
                "audio": "du/dub/dubs__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌbd/",
                "audio": "du/dub/dubbed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʌbɪŋ/",
                "audio": "du/dub/dubbing__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb sense 1 late Old English (in the sense ‘make a knight’): from Old French adober ‘equip with armour’, of unknown origin. verb senses 2 to 3 1920s: abbreviation of double."
}