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

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "English",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the language, originally of England, now spoken in many other countries and used as a language of international communication throughout the world",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She speaks good English."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I need to improve my English."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They taught conversational English to a group of Japanese students."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Language"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["plain", "spoken", "written"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "English language or literature as a subject of study",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a degree in English"
                },
                {
                    "text": "English is my best subject."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the people of England (sometimes wrongly used to mean the British, including the Scots, the Welsh and the Northern Irish)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "simply and clearly expressed, without using technical language",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a document written in plain English"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you could put it in plain English I might be able to understand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Teachers should encourage students to write in plain English."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/",
                "audio": "en/English/english__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/",
                "audio": "en/English/english__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English Englisc (from Angle, a Germanic people who came to England in 5th century AD + -ish). The word originally denoted the early Germanic settlers of Britain (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes), or their language (now called Old English)."
}