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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "vocal",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with the voice",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "vocal music"
},
{
"text": "the vocal organs *(= the tongue, lips, etc.)*"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "telling people your opinions or protesting about something loudly and with confidence",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He has been very vocal in his criticism of the government's policy."
},
{
"text": "The protesters are a small but vocal minority."
},
{
"text": "a highly vocal opposition group"
},
{
"text": "criticized by a small but increasingly vocal minority"
},
{
"text": "women who are very vocal about men's failings"
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "in"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvəʊkl/",
"audio": "vo/vocal/vocal__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvəʊkl/",
"audio": "vo/vocal/vocal__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin vocalis, from vox, voc-. Current senses of the noun date from the 1920s."
}