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

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "subway",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "image": "data/images/ve/vehicles_trains.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an underground railway system in a city",
            "labels": "(North American English)British EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the New York subway"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **subway station/train**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a downtown subway stop"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **ride/take the subway**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In Boston the subway is known as the ‘T’; in Washington DC it’s the‘Metro’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've never been on the subway."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Yankee Stadium is a 40-minute subway ride from our house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "rush hour in the subway"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by bus and train"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["crowded"],
                "verb + subway": ["ride", "take", "use"],
                "subway + noun": ["car", "train", "platform"],
                "preposition": ["in the subway", "on the subway"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a path that goes under a road, etc. which people can use to cross to the other side",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He ran through the pedestrian subway."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["pedestrian"],
                "preposition": [
                    "along a/​the subway",
                    "in a/​the subway",
                    "through a/​the subway"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsʌbweɪ/",
                "audio": "su/subway/subway__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsʌbweɪ/",
                "audio": "su/subway/subway__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}