word-vault/dist/data/cards/ex/explicit.json

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{
    "term": "explicit",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "clear and easy to understand, so that you have no doubt what is meant",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He gave me very explicit directions on how to get there."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The reasons for the decision should be made explicit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She made some very explicit references to my personal life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We think such information should be made explicit and not left vague."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The underlying purpose of his novel remains implicit rather than explicit."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "make something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "as to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "saying something clearly, exactly and openly",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was quite explicit about why she had left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She told him he needed to improve, without being explicit as to how."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has been quite explicit about its intentions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The author is quite explicit about her political bias."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "frank",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "make something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "as to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "describing or showing something, especially sexual activity, with a lot of detail",
            "labels": "(usually disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a sexually explicit film"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a highly explicit description of torture"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "make something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "as to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/",
                "audio": "ex/explicit/explicit__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/",
                "audio": "ex/explicit/explicit__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (as an adjective): from French explicite or Latin explicitus, past participle of explicare ‘unfold’, from ex- ‘out’ + plicare ‘to fold’."
}