word-vault/dist/data/cards/hu/humanitarian.json

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{
    "term": "humanitarian",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with helping people who are suffering and improving the conditions that they are living in",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to provide **humanitarian aid** to the war zone"
                },
                {
                    "text": "humanitarian issues"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a humanitarian organization"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are calling for the release of the hostages on **humanitarian grounds**."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["purely", "essentially"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "describing an event or situation that causes or involves a lot of human suffering, especially one that requires aid to be provided to a large number of people",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **humanitarian crisis**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These floods are the worst humanitarian disaster the country has seen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The expulsion of thousands of people represents a humanitarian catastrophe of enormous proportions."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hjuːˌmænɪˈteəriən/",
                "audio": "hu/humanitarian/humanitarian__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hjuːˌmænɪˈteriən/",
                "audio": "hu/humanitarian/humanitarian__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: from humanity + -arian."
}