word-vault/dist/data/cards/pu/pure.json

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{
    "term": "pure",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not mixed with anything else; with nothing added",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "pure gold"
                },
                {
                    "text": "ties made of pure silk"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These shirts are **100% pure** cotton."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The patient was given pure oxygen to breathe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Classical dance **in its purest form** requires symmetry and balance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One movie is classified as pure art, the other as entertainment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The metal needs to be very pure."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "clean and not containing any harmful substances",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a bottle of **pure water**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The air was sweet and pure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Much of the population still does not have access to pure drinking water."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "complete and total",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They met by pure chance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She laughed with pure joy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That woman is pure evil."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These reports are pure speculation *(= there is no evidence that they are true)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a pure accident. I'm not blaming anybody."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was pure coincidence that all the absences occurred at the same time."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "very clear; perfect",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "beaches of pure white sand"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pure voice"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "without evil thoughts or actions, especially sexual ones; morally good",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to lead a pure life"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His motives were pure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be pure in body and mind"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "about increasing knowledge of the subject rather than using knowledge in practical ways",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "pure mathematics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "technology as opposed to pure science subjects"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "not mixed with any other type of animal or plant",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These cattle are one of the purest breeds in Britain."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used after the noun that it refers to in order to emphasize that there is nothing but the thing you have just mentioned involved in something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's laziness, pure and simple."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The man wants revenge, pure and simple."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pjʊə(r)/",
                "audio": "pu/pure/pure__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpjʊərə(r)/",
                "audio": "pu/pure/purer__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpjʊərɪst/",
                "audio": "pu/pure/purest__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pjʊr/",
                "audio": "pu/pure/pure__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpjʊrər/",
                "audio": "pu/pure/purer__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpjʊrɪst/",
                "audio": "pu/pure/purest__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French pur ‘pure’, from Latin purus."
}