word-vault/dist/data/cards/fr/frank.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "frank",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "honest and direct in what you say, sometimes in a way that other people might not like",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a full and frank discussion"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a frank admission of guilt"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was very frank about his relationship with the actress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**To be frank with you**, I think your son has little chance of passing the exam."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Macmillan was quite frank about his concerns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She surveyed Sophie from top to toe in a disarmingly frank way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was brutally frank in her assessment of our chances."
                },
                {
                    "text": "To be frank, I don't care who wins."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "with"],
                "phrases": ["full and frank", "to be frank (with you)…"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fræŋk/",
                "audio": "fr/frank/frank__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fræŋk/",
                "audio": "fr/frank/frank__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "adjective Middle English (in the sense ‘free’): from Old French franc, from medieval Latin francus ‘free’, from Francus (only Franks had full freedom in Frankish Gaul), of the same origin and related to French. Another Middle English sense was ‘generous’, which led to the current sense."
}