word-vault/dist/data/cards/st/stationary.json

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{
    "term": "stationary",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not moving; not intended to be moved",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I remained stationary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car collided with a stationary vehicle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a stationary exercise bike"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I walked down one of the stationary escalators."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some of the larger birds can remain stationary in the air for several minutes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not changing in condition or quantity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a stationary population"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "static"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsteɪʃənri/",
                "audio": "st/stationary/stationary__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsteɪʃəneri/",
                "audio": "st/stationary/stationary__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin stationarius (originally in the sense ‘belonging to a military station’), from statio(n-) ‘standing’, from stare ‘to stand’."
}