{
    "term": "during",
    "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "all through a period of time",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "during the 1990s"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are extra flights to Colorado during the winter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please remain seated during the performance."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "at some point in a period of time",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was taken to the hospital during the night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I only saw her once during my stay in Rome."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdjʊərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "du/during/during__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʊrɪŋ/",
                "audio": "du/during/during__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: present participle of the obsolete verb dure ‘last, endure, extend’, via Old French from Latin durare ‘to last’, from durus ‘hard’."
}