{
    "term": "mirror",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/be/bedroom.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of special flat glass that reflects images, so that you can see yourself when you look in it",
            "sensetop": "in the mirror",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He looked at himself in the mirror.",
                    "contextForm": "in the mirror"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Remember to look in the mirror *(= in a car, when driving)* before signalling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the bathroom mirror"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was busy admiring himself in the mirror."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stared at her face in the mirror."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We hung a mirror over the fireplace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a large mirror hanging on the wall behind him"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She glanced at her reflection in the mirror."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bathroom", "bedroom", "compact"],
                "verb + mirror": ["use", "glance in", "look in"],
                "mirror + verb": [
                    "reflect something",
                    "reveal something",
                    "show something"
                ],
                "mirror + noun": ["image", "reflection"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the mirror"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something that shows what something else is like",
            "sensetop": "a mirror of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The face is the mirror of the soul."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dickens' novels are a mirror of his times."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a website that is a copy of another website but that has a different address on the internet",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the fact of hiding the truth with information that is not important or relevant",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There's a lot of smoke and mirrors in the financing of this film."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɪrə(r)/",
                "audio": "mi/mirror/mirror__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɪrər/",
                "audio": "mi/mirror/mirror__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French mirour, based on Latin mirare ‘look at’. Early senses also included ‘a crystal used in magic’ and ‘a person deserving imitation’."
}