word-vault/dist/data/cards/ma/marvellous.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "marvellous",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "extremely good; wonderful",
            "sensetop": "It is marvellous what, how, etc…",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This will be a marvellous opportunity for her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The weather was marvellous."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's marvellous what modern technology can do.",
                    "contextForm": "It is marvellous what, how, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is really marvellous news!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The food smells absolutely marvellous."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "fantastic, splendid",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["really", "absolutely", "quite"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɑːvələs/",
                "audio": "ma/marvellous/marvellous__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɑːrvələs/",
                "audio": "ma/marvellous/marvellous__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French merveillus, from merveille, from late Latin mirabilia, neuter plural of Latin mirabilis ‘wonderful’, from mirari ‘wonder at’."
}