word-vault/dist/data/cards/su/suburban.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "suburban",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "in or connected with a suburb",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "suburban areas"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a suburban street"
                },
                {
                    "text": "life in suburban London"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "boring and ordinary",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a suburban lifestyle"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈbɜːbən/",
                "audio": "su/suburban/suburban__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈbɜːrbən/",
                "audio": "su/suburban/suburban__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Latin suburbanus, from suburbium, from sub- ‘near to’ + urbs, urb- ‘city’."
}