{
    "term": "four",
    "partOfSpeech": "numbernounnounnoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "4",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are only four cookies left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "four of Sweden’s top financial experts"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ten people were invited but only four turned up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you lend me four dollars?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a four-month contract"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Look at page four."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Five and four is nine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Three fours are twelve."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a four?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bulbs are planted in threes or fours *(= groups of three or four)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We moved to America when I was four *(= four years old)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shall we meet at four *(= at four o'clock)*, then?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a group of four people or things",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **make up a four** at tennis"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a coach and four *(= four horses)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a hit that scores four runs (= points)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a team of four people who row a long narrow boat in races; the boat that they row",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Sports: water sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "bent over with hands and knees on the ground",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We were crawling around on all fours."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when you are talking about keeping something secret",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't let this go further than these four walls *(= Don't tell anyone else who is not in the room now)*."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɔː(r)/",
                "audio": "fo/four/four__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɔːr/",
                "audio": "fo/four/four__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}