word-vault/dist/data/cards/sp/spare.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "spare",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "available to do what you want with rather than work",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's studying music in his **spare time**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I haven't had a spare moment this morning."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Hobbies"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "that is not being used or is not needed at the present time",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We've got a spare bedroom, if you'd like to stay."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm afraid I haven't got any **spare cash**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are there any tickets **going spare** *(= are there any available, not being used by somebody else)*?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "kept in case you need to replace the one you usually use; extra",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a spare key/tyre"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take some spare clothes in case you get wet."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "thin, and usually quite tall",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to become very angry or upset",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Your mum would go spare if she knew!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I’ll go spare if I don’t get out of the house soon!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/speə(r)/",
                "audio": "sp/spare/spare__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sper/",
                "audio": "sp/spare/spare__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English spær ‘not plentiful, meagre’, sparian ‘refrain from injuring’, ‘refrain from using’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German sparen ‘to spare’."
}