{
    "term": "pedestrian",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person walking in the street and not travelling in a vehicle",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Two pedestrians were injured when the car skidded."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pedestrian walkway/bridge"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The purpose of the project is to improve pedestrian safety."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is pedestrian access to both the front and side."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bridge is designed for pedestrian traffic only."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pedestrian accidents are down by 5%."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈdestriən/",
                "audio": "pe/pedestrian/pedestrian__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈdestriən/",
                "audio": "pe/pedestrian/pedestrian__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 18th cent.: from French pédestre or Latin pedester ‘going on foot’, also ‘written in prose’ + -ian. Early use in English was in the description of writing as ‘prosaic’."
}