word-vault/dist/data/cards/em/emission.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "emission",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the production or sending out of light, heat, gas, etc.",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere"
                },
                {
                    "text": "emission controls"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "gas, etc. that is sent out into the air",
            "labels": "(especially British English)(especially North American English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The government has pledged to clean up industrial emissions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We must take action to cut vehicle emissions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "global emissions of carbon dioxide"
                },
                {
                    "text": "measures to reduce harmful emissions from traffic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Kyoto protocol on cutting greenhouse gas emissions"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["harmful", "noxious", "toxic"],
                "verb + emission": ["generate", "produce", "curb"],
                "emission + verb": ["increase", "decrease", "fall"],
                "emission + noun": ["levels", "rates"],
                "preposition": ["emissions from"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmɪʃn/",
                "audio": "em/emission/emission__gb_5.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmɪʃn/",
                "audio": "em/emission/emission__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘emanation’): from Latin emissio(n-), from emiss- ‘sent out’, from the verb emittere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + mittere ‘send’."
}