{
    "term": "especial",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "greater or better than usual; special in some way or for a particular group",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a matter of especial importance"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The lecture will be of especial interest to history students."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈspeʃl/",
                "audio": "es/especial/especial__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈspeʃl/",
                "audio": "es/especial/especial__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin specialis ‘special’, from species, literally ‘appearance, form, beauty’, from specere ‘to look’."
}