word-vault/dist/data/cards/ou/outing.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "outing",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a trip that you go on for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than one day",
            "sensetop": "on an outing (to…)outing to…",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a family outing"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We went on an outing to London.",
                    "contextForm": "on an outing (to…)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Every year she organized an outing to the countryside.",
                    "contextForm": "outing to…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're going on an outing tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children were on a day's outing from school."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "excursion",
            "topics": ["Holidays"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["little", "special", "day’s"],
                "verb + outing": ["arrange", "plan", "enjoy"],
                "preposition": ["on outing", "outing from", "outing to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an occasion when somebody takes part in a competition",
            "labels": "(sport, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the practice of naming people as gay or lesbian in public, when they would prefer to keep this information private",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ou/outing/outing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ou/outing/outing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of going out or of expelling’): from the verb out + -ing."
}