{
    "term": "ownership",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the fact of owning something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a growth in home ownership"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ownership of the land is currently being disputed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be in **joint/private/public ownership**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The restaurant is under new ownership."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The business has changed ownership several times."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The estate passed into public ownership."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "sole", "collective"],
                "verb + ownership": ["change", "transfer", "pass into"],
                "ownership + verb": ["pass"],
                "preposition": ["under (the) ownership"],
                "phrases": ["a change in ownership"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈəʊnəʃɪp/",
                "audio": "ow/ownership/ownership__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈəʊnərʃɪp/",
                "audio": "ow/ownership/ownership__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}