{
    "term": "nuisance",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a thing, person or situation that is annoying or causes trouble or problems",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't want to **be a nuisance** so tell me if you want to be alone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hope you're not **making a nuisance of yourself**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**It's a nuisance** having to go back tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What a nuisance!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's an awful nuisance having builders in the house all day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This new system is nothing but a nuisance."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "real", "minor"],
                "preposition": ["nuisance to"],
                "phrases": ["make a nuisance of yourself"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "behaviour by somebody that annoys other people and that a court can order the person to stop",
            "labels": "(law)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was charged with causing a public nuisance."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "real", "minor"],
                "preposition": ["nuisance to"],
                "phrases": ["make a nuisance of yourself"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnjuːsns/",
                "audio": "nu/nuisance/nuisance__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnuːsns/",
                "audio": "nu/nuisance/nuisance__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘injury, hurt’): from Old French, ‘hurt’, from the verb nuire, from Latin nocere ‘to harm’."
}