word-vault/dist/data/cards/ic/icon.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "icon",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small symbol on a computer or smartphone screen that represents a program or a file",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Click on the printer icon with the mouse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tap the app icon on your phone to open it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you click on the icon next to the name of the file?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I dragged the icon into the recycle bin."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["desktop", "folder", "network"],
                "verb + icon": ["click on", "double-click on", "right-click on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a famous person or thing that people admire and see as a symbol of a particular idea, way of life, etc.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Madonna and other pop icons of the 1980s"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **feminist/gay icon** *(= somebody that feminists/gay people admire)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sandra has become a style icon, for the fashion world particularly."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["national", "popular", "cultural"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a painting or statue of a holy person that is also thought of as a holy object",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals", "Art"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaɪkɒn/",
                "audio": "ic/icon/icon__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaɪkɑːn/",
                "audio": "ic/icon/icon__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘simile’): via Latin from Greek eikōn ‘likeness, image’. Current senses date from the mid 19th cent. onwards."
}