word-vault/dist/data/cards/se/senior.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "senior",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "high in rank or status; higher in rank or status than others",
            "sensetop": "senior to somebody",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **senior official/officer/manager/executive**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **senior adviser/analyst/lecturer**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **senior partner** in a law firm"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is **senior vice president **of marketing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**senior figures** in the Labour party"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**senior members** of staff"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **senior position**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a senior post/job"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have ten years' experience at **senior management** level."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Junior nurses usually work alongside more senior nurses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is a former senior civil servant who now runs a campaign website."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is senior to me.",
                    "contextForm": "senior to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting should be chaired by the most senior person present."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wasn't senior enough to take such a decision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm looking for a more senior position."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a senior lecturer at the university."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There have been large pay rises for the senior grades."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["People in society", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["very", "fairly", "quite"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "for adults or people at a more advanced level",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to take part in senior competitions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "his first game of senior football"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He won the senior men's 400 metres."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "for senior citizens (= older people, especially those who have retired from work)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Get one third off rail fares with a senior railcard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "senior discounts/concessions"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used after the name of a man who has the same name as his son, to make it clear who is being referred to",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "for children over the age of 11 or 13",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Education"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "connected with the last year in high school or college",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the senior prom"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsiːniə(r)/",
                "audio": "se/senior/senior__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsiːniər/",
                "audio": "se/senior/senior__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin, literally ‘older, older man’, comparative of senex, sen- ‘old man, old’."
}