{
    "term": "mourn",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "mourn",
            "heSheIt": "mourns"
        },
        "pastSimple": "mourned",
        "pastParticiple": "mourned",
        "ingForm": "mourning"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to feel and show that you are sad because somebody has died; to feel sad because something no longer exists or is no longer the same",
            "sensetop": "mourn somethingmourn (for somebody/something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Please, leave us to mourn in peace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was still mourning his brother's death.",
                    "contextForm": "mourn something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They mourn the passing of a simpler way of life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The city was mourning the victims of the bombings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Today we mourn for all those who died in two world wars.",
                    "contextForm": "mourn (for somebody/something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She mourned for her lost childhood."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɔːn/",
                "audio": "mo/mourn/mourn__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɔːnz/",
                "audio": "mo/mourn/mourns__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɔːnd/",
                "audio": "mo/mourn/mourned__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɔːnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "mo/mourn/mourning__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɔːrn/",
                "audio": "mo/mourn/mourn__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɔːrnz/",
                "audio": "mo/mourn/mourns__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɔːrnd/",
                "audio": "mo/mourn/mourned__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "mo/mourn/mourning__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English murnan, of Germanic origin."
}