{
    "term": "hurricane",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic Ocean",
            "labels": "(North American English)(British English)(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A powerful hurricane hit the Florida coast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hurricane Sandy devastated the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **hurricane season** does not end until November."
                },
                {
                    "text": "hurricane victims"
                },
                {
                    "text": "hurricane-force winds"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The proceeds will go to hurricane relief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hurricane Betty is now approaching the coast of Florida."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fields were devastated by the hurricane."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hurricane blew ashore near San Fernando."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hurricane took several days to blow itself out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The roof blew off in a hurricane."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had been warned there was a hurricane coming."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Weather", "The environment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["major", "powerful"],
                "hurricane + verb": ["hit something", "strike (something)", "come"],
                "hurricane + noun": ["force", "warning", "damage"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the hurricane"],
                "phrases": ["the eye of the hurricane"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhʌrɪkən/",
                "audio": "hu/hurricane/hurricane__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɜːrəkeɪn/",
                "audio": "hu/hurricane/hurricane__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Spanish huracán, probably from Taino hurakán ‘god of the storm’."
}