word-vault/dist/data/cards/id/idol.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "idol",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person or thing that is loved and admired very much",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **pop/teen idol**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the idol of countless teenagers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has been my idol since I was a child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **fallen idol** *(= somebody who is no longer popular)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is still my biggest idol."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He'd always wanted to meet his idol."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film made an idol of her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a matinee idol of a bygone era"
                },
                {
                    "text": "her screen idol, Marilyn Monroe"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["pop", "rock", "sports"],
                "verb + idol": ["make (somebody)", "emulate", "imitate"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a statue that is worshipped as a god",
            "labels": "(often disapproving)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaɪdl/",
                "audio": "id/idol/idol__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaɪdl/",
                "audio": "id/idol/idol__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French idole, from Latin idolum ‘image, form’ (used in ecclesiastical Latin in the sense ‘idol’), from Greek eidōlon, from eidos ‘form, shape’."
}