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

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{
    "term": "universal",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "done by or involving all the people in the world or in a particular group",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Such problems are a universal feature of old age."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Agreement on this issue is almost universal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**universal suffrage** *(= the right of all the people in a country to vote)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was universal disgust at what he had done."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The increase in crime has been a universal phenomenon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These practices remain universal among the islanders."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party wanted to introduce a universal healthcare system."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A representative assembly is a near universal feature of modern democracies."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["truly", "by no means", "far from"],
                "preposition": ["among", "in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "true or right at all times and in all places",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "universal facts about human nature"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["truly", "by no means", "far from"],
                "preposition": ["among", "in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsl/",
                "audio": "un/universal/universal__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːrsl/",
                "audio": "un/universal/universal__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin universalis, from universus ‘combined into one, whole’, from uni- ‘one’ + versus ‘turned’ (past participle of vertere)."
}