{
    "term": "continent",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with the control of your feelings, especially your desire to have sex",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "able to control the bladder and bowels",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒntɪnənt/",
                "audio": "xc/continent/xcontinent__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːntɪnənt/",
                "audio": "xc/continent/xcontinent__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense 1): from Old French, or from Latin continent- ‘holding together’. Sense 2 dates from the early 19th cent."
}