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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "translate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "translate",
"heSheIt": "translates"
},
"pastSimple": "translated",
"pastParticiple": "translated",
"ingForm": "translating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to express the meaning of speech or writing in a different language",
"sensetop": "translate something into somethingtranslate something from somethingtranslate something from something into somethingtranslate something as somethingtranslate (something)translate from somethingtranslate into somethingtranslate from something into something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He translated the letter into English.",
"contextForm": "translate something into something"
},
{
"text": "Her books have been translated into 24 languages."
},
{
"text": "Can you help me translate this legal jargon into plain English?"
},
{
"text": "This chapter was translated from the French by Oliver Breen.",
"contextForm": "translate something from something"
},
{
"text": "His works have been translated from French into countless languages.",
"contextForm": "translate something from something into something"
},
{
"text": "‘Suisse’ had been wrongly translated as ‘Sweden’.",
"contextForm": "translate something as something"
},
{
"text": "The novel has been widely translated.",
"contextForm": "translate (something)"
},
{
"text": "I don't speak Greek so Dina offered to translate for me."
},
{
"text": "My work involves translating from German.",
"contextForm": "translate from something"
},
{
"text": "My father dictated in Polish while I translated into English.",
"contextForm": "translate into something"
},
{
"text": "I spoke to him through my friend who translated from Arabic into English.",
"contextForm": "translate from something into something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["literally", "accurately", "correctly"],
"verb + translate": ["attempt to", "try to", "be difficult to"],
"preposition": ["as", "for", "from"],
"phrases": ["widely translated"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to be changed from one language to another",
"sensetop": "translate as something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Most poetry does not translate well."
},
{
"text": "The Welsh name translates as ‘Land's End’.",
"contextForm": "translate as something"
},
{
"text": "It's a Spanish word that **roughly translates** as 'unease'."
},
{
"text": "‘Tiramisu’ literally translates as ‘pull-me-up’."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["literally", "accurately", "correctly"],
"verb + translate": ["attempt to", "try to", "be difficult to"],
"preposition": ["as", "for", "from"],
"phrases": ["widely translated"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to change something into a different form; to lead to a particular result",
"sensetop": "translate something (into something)translate into something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's time to translate words into action.",
"contextForm": "translate something (into something)"
},
{
"text": "I hope all the hard work will translate into profits.",
"contextForm": "translate into something"
},
{
"text": "You need to translate your ideas into practice."
},
{
"text": "A small increase in local spending will translate into a big rise in council tax."
},
{
"text": "Teacher expectations do not automatically translate themselves into student results."
},
{
"text": "The lost trade revenue ultimately translated into job losses at home."
},
{
"text": "Most attempts to translate Shakespeare to the small screen are not successful."
},
{
"text": "The story translates well to the screen."
},
{
"text": "I'm not sure how well the American system would translate to a European context."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["well", "easily", "readily"],
"verb + translate": ["attempt to", "try to", "be difficult to"],
"preposition": ["into"],
"phrases": [
"translate something into action",
"translate something into practice"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to understand something in a particular way or give something a particular meaning",
"sensetop": "translate (something) (as something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the various words and gestures that we translate as love"
}
],
"synonyms": "interpret"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪt/",
"audio": "tr/translate/translate__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪts/",
"audio": "tr/translate/translates__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪtɪd/",
"audio": "tr/translate/translated__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "tr/translate/translating__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪt/",
"audio": "tr/translate/translate__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪts/",
"audio": "tr/translate/translates__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪtɪd/",
"audio": "tr/translate/translated__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈleɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "tr/translate/translating__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Latin translat- ‘carried across’, past participle of transferre, from trans- ‘across’ + ferre ‘to bear’."
}