{
    "term": "kindergarten",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a school or class to prepare children aged five for school",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "his first day at kindergarten"
                },
                {
                    "text": "James is in kindergarten now, but he's moving up to infant school this autumn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She teaches reading to students in kindergarten."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was still attending kindergarten at Assumption School."
                },
                {
                    "text": "their plans for Hannah to start all-day kindergarten"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["all-day", "full-day", "half-day"],
                "verb + kindergarten": ["enter", "start", "attend"],
                "kindergarten + noun": ["classroom", "class", "children"],
                "preposition": ["at kindergarten", "in kindergarten"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "nursery school (= a school for children between the ages of about two and five)",
            "labels": "(British English, Australian English, New Zealand English)",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["all-day", "full-day", "half-day"],
                "verb + kindergarten": ["enter", "start", "attend"],
                "kindergarten + noun": ["classroom", "class", "children"],
                "preposition": ["at kindergarten", "in kindergarten"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪndəɡɑːtn/",
                "audio": "ki/kindergarten/kindergarten__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪndərɡɑːrtn/",
                "audio": "ki/kindergarten/kindergarten__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: from German, literally ‘children's garden’."
}