{
    "term": "humor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the quality in something that makes it funny; the ability to laugh at things that are funny",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was a story full of gentle humor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She ignored his feeble attempt at humor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They failed to see the humor of the situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't stand people with no **sense of humor**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to have a dry/keen/wicked/wry sense of humor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She smiled with a rare flash of humor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has her very own brand of humor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie is only funny if you appreciate French humor *(= things that cause French people to laugh)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the state of your feelings or mind at a particular time",
            "sensetop": "out of humor",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to be in the best of humors"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting dissolved in **ill humor**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be out of humor *(= in a bad mood)*",
                    "contextForm": "out of humor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The remarks were made in good humor."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "one of the four liquids that were thought in the past to be in a person’s body and to influence health and character",
            "labels": "(old use)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhjuːmə(r)/",
                "audio": "hu/humor/humour__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhjuːmər/",
                "audio": "hu/humor/humour__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}