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

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{
    "term": "superintendent",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who has a lot of authority and manages and controls an activity, a place, a group of workers, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a park superintendent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the superintendent of schools in Dallas"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was medical superintendent at the Institution for 28 years."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "(in the UK) a police officer just above the rank of chief inspector",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Superintendent Livesey"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs", "Law and justice"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "(in the US) the head of a police department",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a person whose job is to be in charge of a building and make small repairs, etc. to it",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendənt/",
                "audio": "su/superintendent/superintendent__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendənt/",
                "audio": "su/superintendent/superintendent__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin superintendent- ‘overseeing’, from the verb superintendere, translating Greek episkopein."
}