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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "operator",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person who operates equipment or a machine",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a computer/machine operator"
}
],
"topics": ["Jobs", "Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["experienced", "skilled", "machine"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person or company that runs a particular business",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a tour operator"
},
{
"text": "a bus operator"
},
{
"text": "a train operator that runs services between London and Scotland"
}
],
"topics": ["Holidays"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "large", "small"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a person who works on the phone switchboard of a large company or organization, especially at a telephone exchange",
"labels": "British English, old-fashioned",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Dial 100 and ask for the operator."
}
],
"topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["switchboard", "telephone"],
"operator + verb": ["connect somebody", "put somebody through"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a person who shows skill at getting what they want, especially when this involves behaving in a dishonest way",
"labels": "(informal, especially disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a smooth/slick/shrewd operator"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["shrewd", "smooth"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a symbol or function which represents an operation in mathematics",
"labels": "(mathematics)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Maths and measurement"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɒpəreɪtə(r)/",
"audio": "op/operator/operator__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɑːpəreɪtər/",
"audio": "op/operator/operator__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}