word-vault/dist/data/cards/en/engine.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "engine",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/ve/vehicles_trains.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the part of a vehicle that produces power to make the vehicle move",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **diesel/petrol engine**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got in the car and started the engine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My car had to have a new engine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The engine runs on diesel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Its engine is powered by both gasoline and electricity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane suffered catastrophic **engine failure**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their helicopter had developed engine trouble."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pulled up under some trees and cut the engine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I kept the engine ticking over."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pressed the starter and the engine caught first time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She sat at the traffic lights revving the engine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I waited with the engine running while he bought a paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The engine broke down just outside the station."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The engine coughed and died."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The engine runs on unleaded petrol."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The engine was just ticking over."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The engine's firing on all four cylinders now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new model is fitted with a more powerful engine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane's engine roared as it prepared for take-off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rocket engine is ignited."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This model is powered by a 1.8-litre petrol engine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Does your car have a diesel or a petrol engine?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need more oil in the engine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a 580-horsepower engine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a large plane with twin engines"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It looks as if we've got a spot of engine trouble."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a gasoline engine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The planes have the ability to land safely in the event of an engine failure."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by bus and train", "Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "powerful", "small"],
                "verb + engine": ["crank", "crank up", "fire"],
                "engine + verb": ["run", "idle", "tick over"],
                "engine + noun": ["capacity", "power", "speed"],
                "preposition": ["in an/​the engine"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be powered by a… engine",
                    "the noise, roar, sound, etc. of the engine"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing that has an important role in making a particular process happen",
            "sensetop": "engine of somethingengine for somethingengine for doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Agriculture is a key **engine of growth** in most developing countries.",
                    "contextForm": "engine of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Great newspapers serve as an engine for positive change.",
                    "contextForm": "engine for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Business is the principal engine for generating wealth for society as a whole.",
                    "contextForm": "engine for doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was the engine behind the victory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Small businesses are the engine of economic growth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The region's housing market is a major engine of the economy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The internet really is the growth engine of today's economy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These industries will be the engine of our future prosperity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Exports have been an engine for growth."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a vehicle that pulls a train",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["large", "powerful", "diesel"],
                "verb + engine": ["build"],
                "engine + noun": ["driver", "shed"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "having the type or number of engines mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a twin-engined speedboat"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈendʒɪn/",
                "audio": "en/engine/engine__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈendʒɪn/",
                "audio": "en/engine/engine__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (formerly also as ingine): from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, from in- ‘in’ + gignere ‘beget’; compare with ingenious. The original sense was ‘ingenuity, cunning’ (surviving in Scots as ingine), hence ‘the product of ingenuity, a plot or snare’, also ‘tool, weapon’, later specifically denoting a large mechanical weapon; which led to the sense ‘a machine’ (mid 17th cent.), used commonly later in combinations such as steam engine, internal-combustion engine."
}