word-vault/dist/data/cards/pl/player.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "player",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who takes part in a game or sport",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **football/tennis/chess player**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**top/star players**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a game for four players"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've lost two key players through injury."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Celtic have signed four new players."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The club was forced to sell their star player."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team has drafted some good players in recent years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These boots are for the professional rather than for the average player."
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the country's top tennis players"
                },
                {
                    "text": "At that time, he was one of the most famous baseball players in America."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He proved an excellent chess player."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a former international netball player for New Zealand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're both attacking players who've scored 37 of the team's 40 goals this season."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Games and toys", "Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["accomplished", "brilliant", "dangerous"],
                "verb + player": ["draft", "sign"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a company or person involved in a particular area of business or politics",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company has emerged as a **major player** in the London property market."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "key", "leading"],
                "preposition": ["player in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a machine for producing the sound or pictures that have been recorded on CDs, etc.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **DVD/CD player**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a person who plays a musical instrument",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a trumpet/bass player"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["accomplished", "gifted", "great"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "an actor",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Phoenix Players present ‘Romeo and Juliet’."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpleɪə(r)/",
                "audio": "pl/player/player__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpleɪər/",
                "audio": "pl/player/player__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}