word-vault/dist/data/cards/li/list.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "list",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a series of names, items, figures, etc., especially when they are written or printed",
            "sensetop": "on the listlist of something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The **guest list** includes numerous celebrities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is your name on the list?",
                    "contextForm": "on the list"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll add you to the email list."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her novel shot to **the top of the** bestseller **list**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He plays drums, guitar, piano, flute—**the list goes on**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a list of names/candidates/questions",
                    "contextForm": "list of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **made a list** of things to do."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They **compiled a list** of all the items they'd need."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to draw up a list"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Going to the bank **tops my list** of priorities today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Having to wait hours came **high on the list** of complaints."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her teacher scanned the list of students' names."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was on the New York Times bestseller list for 25 weeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Names of past members are not included in the list."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The play has an impressive cast list."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The restaurant is required to post a list of all the prices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The show always featured an impressive list of guest stars."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have narrowed their list of suspects to six."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's an alphabetical list of department stores at the back of the book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were asked to add their names to the bottom of the list."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["long", "short", "complete"],
                "verb + list": ["assemble", "compile", "create"],
                "list + verb": [
                    "comprise something",
                    "consist of something",
                    "contain something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the list", "on a/​the list", "list for"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the bottom of a list",
                    "the top of a list",
                    "high on a list"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the fact of a ship leaning to one side",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The ship had a noticeable list to the starboard side."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be so ill that you may die; to no longer be very ill",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was admitted to hospital in critical condition, but is now off the danger list."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɪst/",
                "audio": "li/list/list__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɪst/",
                "audio": "li/list/list__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun sense 1 Middle English (originally referring to the edge put on fabric to stop it unravelling): from Old English liste ‘border’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijst and German Leiste. The current senses are late 16th cent., from French liste, of Germanic origin. noun sense 2 early 17th cent.: of unknown origin."
}