word-vault/dist/data/cards/im/imaginary.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "imaginary",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "existing only in your mind or imagination",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the earth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had an imaginary friend when I was a child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As children they invented the imaginary world of Gondal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We must listen to their problems, real or imaginary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a largely imaginary threat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story is wholly imaginary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children experience a lot of imaginary fears at this age."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "purely"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/",
                "audio": "im/imaginary/imaginary__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmædʒɪneri/",
                "audio": "im/imaginary/imaginary__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin imaginarius, from imago, imagin- ‘image’."
}