word-vault/dist/data/cards/po/policeman.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "policeman",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a male police officer",
            "labels": "British EnglishNorth American English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a plain-clothes/uniformed policeman"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A policeman arrested the suspect at the scene of the crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An off-duty policeman chased after the man."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A policeman was called to the house just after midnight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went off to fetch a policeman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The robbery may have been carried out with the help of a bent policeman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the duties of the ordinary policeman"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A heavy police presence, including mounted policemen , were on hand to control protesters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is this really an important issue to ordinary policemen and women?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["senior", "ordinary", "local"],
                "verb + policeman": ["call"],
                "policeman + verb": [
                    "patrol something",
                    "raid something",
                    "arrest somebody"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈliːsmən/",
                "audio": "po/policeman/policeman__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈliːsmən/",
                "audio": "po/policeman/policeman__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}