word-vault
Version:
A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
81 lines (80 loc) • 2.7 kB
JSON
{
"term": "intensive",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "involving a lot of work or activity done in a short time",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an intensive language course"
},
{
"text": "two weeks of intensive training"
},
{
"text": "intensive diplomatic negotiations"
},
{
"text": "highly intensive courses for business and professional people"
}
],
"topics": ["Working life"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be"],
"adverb": ["highly", "very", "increasingly"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "complete and extremely detailed; done with a lot of care",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His disappearance has been the subject of intensive investigation."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be"],
"adverb": ["highly", "very", "increasingly"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "aimed at producing as much food as possible using as little land or as little money as possible",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Traditionally reared animals grow more slowly than those reared under intensive farming conditions."
},
{
"text": "intensive agriculture"
}
],
"topics": ["Farming"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be"],
"adverb": ["highly", "very", "increasingly"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtensɪv/",
"audio": "in/intensive/intensive__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtensɪv/",
"audio": "in/intensive/intensive__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘vehement, intense’): from French intensif, -ive or medieval Latin intensivus, from intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’."
}