word-vault/dist/data/cards/sc/scandal.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "scandal",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "behaviour or an event that people think is morally or legally wrong and causes public feelings of shock or anger",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a series of sex scandals"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **cause/create a scandal**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **scandal broke** *(= became known to the public)* in May."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been **no hint of scandal** during his time in office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a promising career wrecked by scandal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the wake of recent accounting scandals, new cases have come to light."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The apartment was paid for by the bank at the centre of the scandal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There have been calls for the resignation of the minister involved in the sex scandal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the prisoner-abuse scandal"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "great", "major"],
                "… of scandals": ["series", "spate", "wave"],
                "verb + scandal": ["cause", "create", "avoid"],
                "scandal + verb": ["be brewing", "break", "develop"],
                "scandal + noun": ["sheet"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the scandal", "scandal over"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the centre/​center of a scandal",
                    "a hint of scandal",
                    "a suggestion of scandal"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "talk or reports about the very bad or wrong things that people have done or are thought to have done",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to spread scandal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "newspapers full of scandal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The newspapers are full of scandal about her private life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their relationship attracted a lot of scandal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's always trying to stir up scandal."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "great", "major"],
                "… of scandals": ["series", "spate", "wave"],
                "verb + scandal": ["cause", "create", "avoid"],
                "scandal + verb": ["be brewing", "break", "develop"],
                "scandal + noun": ["sheet"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the scandal", "scandal over"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the centre/​center of a scandal",
                    "a hint of scandal",
                    "a suggestion of scandal"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an action, attitude, etc. that you think is very wrong and not at all acceptable",
            "sensetop": "it is a scandal that…",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It is a scandal that such a large city has no orchestra.",
                    "contextForm": "it is a scandal that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The real scandal is that nothing has been done to make sure it doesn't happen again."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "disgrace"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskændl/",
                "audio": "sc/scandal/scandal__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskændl/",
                "audio": "sc/scandal/scandal__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘discredit to religion, by the immoral behaviour of a religious person’): from Old French scandale, from ecclesiastical Latin scandalum ‘cause of offence’, from Greek skandalon ‘snare, stumbling block’."
}