{
    "term": "midnight",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "12 o’clock at night",
            "sensetop": "at midnight",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She heard the clock strike midnight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had to leave at midnight.",
                    "contextForm": "at midnight"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**At/on the stroke of midnight** fireworks lit up the sky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have to catch the midnight train."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let’s have a midnight feast tonight *(= a secret meal that children like to have in the middle of the night)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They whiled away the midnight hours playing cards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Downstairs in the hall, midnight struck."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was approaching midnight when I finally reached home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The law comes into effect on the stroke of midnight tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ship set sail shortly after midnight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's go to a midnight movie."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Voting closes at midnight."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + midnight": ["chime", "strike"],
                "midnight + verb": ["strike", "approach", "come"],
                "midnight + noun": ["feast", "snack", "black"],
                "preposition": [
                    "approaching midnight",
                    "around midnight",
                    "near midnight"
                ],
                "phrases": ["at the stroke of midnight"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a very dark blue colour",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)British and North American English",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to study or work until late at night",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to leave a place suddenly and secretly, especially at night, usually in order to avoid paying money that you owe to somebody",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɪdnaɪt/",
                "audio": "mi/midnight/midnight__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɪdnaɪt/",
                "audio": "mi/midnight/midnight__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English midniht (see mid-, night)."
}