word-vault/dist/data/cards/pr/promising.json

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{
    "term": "promising",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "showing signs of being good or successful",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was voted the most promising new actor for his part in the movie."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The weather doesn't look very promising."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The research produced promising results."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The outlook is hardly promising."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At that time, I had a promising career in TV."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was a young woman with a promising future."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The results of our earlier enquiries have been promising."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɒmɪsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/promising/promising__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːmɪsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/promising/promising__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}