word-vault/dist/data/cards/ge/generic.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "generic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "shared by, including or typical of a whole group of things; not specific",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Vine fruit’ is the **generic term** for currants and raisins."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not using the name of the company that made it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The doctor offered me a choice of a branded or a generic drug."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "lacking imagination and so not original",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The movie was pretty boring, with a generic storyline and emotionless characters."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒəˈnerɪk/",
                "audio": "ge/generic/generic__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒəˈnerɪk/",
                "audio": "ge/generic/generic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 17th cent.: from French générique, from Latin genus, gener- ‘stock, race’."
}