word-vault/dist/data/cards/sl/slight.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "slight",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "very small in degree",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **slight increase/change/difference**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a slight variation/improvement/advantage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It won't make **the slightest bit of** difference"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's been a slight delay, but we'll be landing in just a few minutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mexican producers may gain a slight edge in competitiveness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A slight smile appeared on her lips."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I woke up with a slight headache."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The damage was slight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She takes offence at the slightest thing *(= is very easily offended)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was **not the slightest** hint of trouble."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is, without the slightest doubt, the greatest living novelist."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He never had the slightest intention of agreeing to it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The picture was at a slight angle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A slight breeze was blowing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She smiled to hide her slight embarrassment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spoke with a slight foreign accent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accident had left him with a slight limp."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The slightest touch will set off the alarm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's been a slight increase in the number of unemployed in this area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The slightest noise will wake him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unfortunately, this plate has a slight flaw in it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You may experience some slight discomfort after the operation."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "phrases": ["the slightest of…"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "small and thin in size",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a slight woman"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was of slight build."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was smaller and slighter than I had imagined."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She looked very slight, almost fragile."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The slight figure of a woman emerged from the house."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Appearance"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["very", "physically"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "not deserving serious attention",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is a very slight novel."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not at all",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He didn't seem to mind in the slightest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I’m not in the slightest bit interested."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slaɪt/",
                "audio": "sl/slight/slight__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slaɪt/",
                "audio": "sl/slight/slight__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English; the adjective from Old Norse sléttr ‘smooth’ (an early sense in English), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slechts ‘merely’ and German schlicht ‘simple’, schlecht ‘bad’; the verb (originally in the sense ‘make smooth or level’), from Old Norse slétta. The sense “treat with disrespect” dates from the late 16th cent."
}