{
    "term": "apparel",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "clothing, when it is being sold in shops",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The store sells women's and children's apparel."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "clothes, particularly those worn on a formal occasion",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned or formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "lords and ladies in fine apparel"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpærəl/",
                "audio": "ap/apparel/apparel__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpærəl/",
                "audio": "ap/apparel/apparel__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘make ready or fit’; as a noun ‘furnishings, equipment’): from Old French apareillier, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ (expressing change) + par ‘equal’."
}