word-vault/dist/data/cards/un/unemployment.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "unemployment",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the fact of a number of people not having a job; the number of people without a job",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an area of high/low unemployment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**rising unemployment**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a time of **mass unemployment**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Government schemes to combat **youth unemployment**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **level/rate of unemployment**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **unemployment rate** rose to 4.7 per cent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "measures to help reduce/tackle unemployment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The point is that this type of economics causes unemployment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "unemployment figures/statistics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rise in both inflation and unemployment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He applied for unemployment insurance and was approved."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The unemployment trap exists when an unemployed person on benefit would be worse off in a low-paid job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unemployment climbed above two million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unemployment reached 30 per cent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This former mining town is now an unemployment black spot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unemployment among graduates is falling steadily."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unemployment has hit unskilled workers in particular."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Scottish unemployment rates were lower than the UK average."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["double-digit", "high", "huge"],
                "… of unemployment": ["level", "rate"],
                "verb + unemployment": ["be faced with", "face", "cause"],
                "unemployment + verb": ["climb", "double", "increase"],
                "unemployment + noun": ["benefit", "benefits", "compensation"],
                "preposition": ["unemployment  among"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a period of unemployment",
                    "a rise in unemployment",
                    "an increase in unemployment"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the state of not having a job",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of young people are facing long-term unemployment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has had long periods of unemployment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One million people suffered unemployment as a result of the tsunami."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a study of male/female unemployment"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["double-digit", "high", "huge"],
                "… of unemployment": ["level", "rate"],
                "verb + unemployment": ["be faced with", "face", "cause"],
                "unemployment + verb": ["climb", "double", "increase"],
                "unemployment + noun": ["benefit", "benefits", "compensation"],
                "preposition": ["unemployment  among"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a period of unemployment",
                    "a rise in unemployment",
                    "an increase in unemployment"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "money paid by the government to somebody who is unemployed",
            "labels": "(both US English)British English(British English)(British English)(British English)(especially British English)(Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English)(British English)(both British English)(British English, informal)(British English, informal)(North American English)(North American English)(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Since losing his job, Mike has been collecting unemployment."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt/",
                "audio": "un/unemployment/unemployment__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt/",
                "audio": "un/unemployment/unemployment__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}