{
    "term": "fraction",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small part or amount of something",
            "labels": "British EnglishNorth American English",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Only a small fraction of a bank's total deposits will be withdrawn at any one time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She hesitated for the merest fraction of a second."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He raised his voice a fraction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A mere fraction of available wind energy is currently utilized."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The average income is high, though many people earn just a fraction of that average."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why not grow your own fruit at a fraction of the price?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["large", "significant", "sizeable"],
                "preposition": ["fraction of"],
                "phrases": ["just a fraction", "only a fraction"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a division of a number, for example ⅝",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How do you express 25% as a fraction?"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "rational number",
            "topics": ["Maths and measurement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["vulgar", "decimal", "improper"],
                "verb + fraction": ["express something as"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a quantity of liquid that has been collected as a result of a process that separates the parts of a liquid mixture",
            "labels": "(chemistry)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The third fraction contains alcohols with boiling points of 120–130℃."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfrækʃn/",
                "audio": "fr/fraction/fraction__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfrækʃn/",
                "audio": "fr/fraction/fraction__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin fractio(n-) ‘breaking (bread)’, from Latin frangere ‘to break’."
}