word-vault/dist/data/cards/si/sister.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "sister",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a girl or woman who has the same mother and father as another person",
            "sensetop": "sister of somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)(informal)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's my sister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**an older/a younger sister**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **big/little sister**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a kid sister"
                },
                {
                    "text": "my **twin sister**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're sisters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Brontë sisters—Charlotte, Emily and Anne"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have any **brothers or sisters**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He married the sister of his best friend.",
                    "contextForm": "sister of somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's the sister of the bride."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Joe's sister Mary lives in Seattle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My best friend has been like a sister to me *(= very close)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "elder", "older"],
                "phrases": [
                    "brothers and sisters",
                    "brothers or sisters",
                    "like sisters"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used for talking to or about other members of a women’s organization or other women who have the same ideas, purpose, etc. as yourself",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They supported their sisters in the dispute."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a senior female nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a female member of a religious group, especially a nun",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sister Mary"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Sisters of Charity"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "(in the US) a member of a sorority (= a club for a group of female students at a college or university)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Carolyn's sorority sisters at Indiana University"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "used by black people as a form of address for a black woman",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a thing that belongs to the same type or group as something else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "our sister company in Italy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sister ship"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪstə(r)/",
                "audio": "si/sister/sister__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪstər/",
                "audio": "si/sister/sister__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zuster and German Schwester, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin soror."
}