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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "straightforward",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "easy to do or to understand; not complicated",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's a relatively straightforward process."
},
{
"text": "It's quite straightforward to get here."
},
{
"text": "I think you'll find it all quite straightforward."
},
{
"text": "Look, it's perfectly straightforward—just multiply everything by five."
},
{
"text": "The answer to this question is deceptively straightforward."
},
{
"text": "It's quite straightforward to get here from your house."
}
],
"synonyms": "easy",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "honest and open; not trying to trick somebody or hide something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's nice: very straightforward and easy to get on with."
},
{
"text": "a refreshingly straightforward attitude"
},
{
"text": "He was quite straightforward with us about the difficulties involved."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem"],
"adverb": ["very", "quite", "refreshingly"],
"preposition": ["about", "with"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌstreɪtˈfɔːwəd/",
"audio": "st/straightforward/straightforward__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌstreɪtˈfɔːrwərd/",
"audio": "st/straightforward/straightforward__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}