word-vault/dist/data/cards/ti/tiny.json

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{
    "term": "tiny",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very small in size or amount",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a tiny baby"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We come from a **tiny little** town in upstate New York."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Brenda felt **a tiny bit** bored."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Only a tiny minority hold such extreme views."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the land is owned by a tiny fraction of the population."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Even a tiny amount of food may trigger an allergic reaction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a tiny village/town/island"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Look at his little tiny fingers. Aren't they cute?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The minister appealed to the Cabinet not to target her comparatively tiny budget of £4 billion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His room is absolutely tiny."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt the tiniest bit annoyed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tiniest amount of this drug would knock out an elephant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's only one tiny problem with the booking."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "phrases": ["little tiny", "tiny little"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a way of referring to children when somebody wants, or is going to have, a baby",
            "labels": "(informal or humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We can't wait to hear the patter of tiny feet."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪni/",
                "audio": "ti/tiny/tiny__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪni/",
                "audio": "ti/tiny/tiny__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: extension of obsolete tine, ‘small, diminutive’, of unknown origin."
}