word-vault/dist/data/cards/ec/economist.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "economist",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who studies or writes about economics",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the World Bank's **chief economist**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many economists are predicting the economy will improve."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["chief", "leading", "prominent"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈkɒnəmɪst/",
                "audio": "ec/economist/economist__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈkɑːnəmɪst/",
                "audio": "ec/economist/economist__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (originally in the Greek sense): from Greek oikonomos ‘household manager’, from oikonomia ‘household management’, based on oikos ‘house’ + nemein ‘manage’ + -ist. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent."
}