{
    "term": "ounce",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a unit for measuring weight, 116 of a pound, equal to 28.35 grams",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating", "Maths and measurement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a very small quantity of something",
            "sensetop": "ounce of something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There's not an ounce of truth in her story."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "it is better to stop something bad from happening rather than try to deal with the problems after it has happened",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/aʊns/",
                "audio": "ou/ounce/ounce__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/aʊns/",
                "audio": "ou/ounce/ounce__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French unce, from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part (of a pound or foot)’; compare with inch."
}