word-vault/dist/data/cards/in/internet.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "internet",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an international computer network connecting other networks and computers that allows people to share information around the world",
            "sensetop": "on the internetvia the internetover the internet",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **surf/browse/access the internet**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I looked it up on the internet.",
                    "contextForm": "on the internet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She likes to **go on the internet** in the evenings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have kept in touch via the internet.",
                    "contextForm": "via the internet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can view the video feed over the internet.",
                    "contextForm": "over the internet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the rooms have **access to the internet/internet access**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't get an **internet connection**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**internet users**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **internet cafe** *(= a cafe where you pay to use a computer to access the internet)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The payment can be made through **internet banking**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Attempts to regulate the internet are usually doomed to failure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He likes watching movies, reading, and surfing the internet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is possible to earn a degree over the internet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many of the sites launched at the peak of the internet boom have now disappeared."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I do most of my clothes shopping on the internet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Registering an internet domain name is now an essential part of setting up a company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He went on the internet to check air fares."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She often talks to fans via live internet chats."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The auction was held in Paris with an internet link to New York."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They began scouring the internet for information about his condition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands logged on to view the live internet broadcast of the concert."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Travellers can check their email at the internet cafe in the square."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a broadband/​high-speed internet connection"
                },
                {
                    "text": "issues facing the music industry in the internet age"
                },
                {
                    "text": "software for downloading internet files"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the bank's internet arm"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the challenges of providing internet connectivity to rural communities"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A virtual private network routes a computer's internet traffic through a third party."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet", "Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["wireless", "broadband", "high-speed"],
                "verb + Internet": ["access", "go on", "navigate"],
                "Internet + noun": ["site", "website", "gateway"],
                "preposition": ["on the Internet", "over the Internet"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntənet/",
                "audio": "in/internet/internet__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntərnet/",
                "audio": "in/internet/internet__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "1970s (denoting a computer network connecting two or more smaller networks): from inter- ‘reciprocal, mutual’ + network."
}