word-vault/dist/data/cards/ki/kit.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "kit",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a set of tools or equipment that you use for a particular purpose",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a drum kit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Check the acidity of the soil with a test kit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She keeps an emergency medical kit in her car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There should be a needle and thread in the sewing kit."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["emergency", "first-aid", "make-up"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the kit"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a set of parts ready to be made into something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a kit for a model plane"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She built the doll’s house from a kit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The kit contains everything you need to make six candles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The shed comes in kit form."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["construction", "starter"],
                "verb + kit": ["assemble", "install"],
                "kit + verb": [
                    "come with something",
                    "consist of something",
                    "contain something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["from a kit", "kit for"],
                "phrases": ["in kit form"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a set of clothes and equipment that you use for a particular activity",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "sports kit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The soldiers packed tents and kits to move to new positions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They left most of their kit at the camp."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the official supplier of the England team kit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a teddy bear dressed in a replica Real Madrid kit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I spent Sunday assembling emergency kits for the expedition."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["gym", "PE", "sports"],
                "kit + noun": ["bag"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to take your clothes off",
            "labels": "(British English, slang)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "everything",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I had new clothes, a new hairstyle—the whole caboodle."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɪt/",
                "audio": "ki/kit/kit__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɪt/",
                "audio": "ki/kit/kit__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Middle Dutch kitte ‘wooden vessel’, of unknown origin. The original sense ‘wooden tub’ was later applied to other containers; the use denoting a soldier's equipment (late 18th cent.) probably arose from the idea of a set of articles packed in a container."
}