{
    "term": "pen",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an instrument made of plastic or metal used for writing with ink (= coloured liquid for writing, etc.)",
            "sensetop": "in penfrom the pen of somebody",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an ink pen"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let me grab a pen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to use **pen and paper**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "pen and ink"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a message written in red pen *(= using a red pen)*",
                    "contextForm": "in pen"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a new book from the pen of *(= written by)* Zadie Smith",
                    "contextForm": "from the pen of somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His pen was poised, ready to sign his name."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I grabbed a pen and began taking notes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My pen's run out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The President has yet to wield his veto pen to block a bill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This pen won't write."
                },
                {
                    "text": "pen and ink drawings"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ballpoint", "feather", "felt"],
                "verb + pen": ["use", "write (something) with", "grab"],
                "pen + verb": ["write", "run out", "be poised"],
                "pen + noun": ["nib", "cap", "ink"],
                "phrases": ["pen and ink"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a small piece of land surrounded by a fence in which farm animals are kept",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a sheep pen"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Farming"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a penitentiary (= a prison)",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a penalty (= a chance to score a goal without any defending players, except the goalkeeper, trying to stop it)",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That was a terrible pen."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "people who write books, poems, etc. have a greater effect on history and human affairs than soldiers and wars",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to write or start to write something",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a small mistake in something that you write or say",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sorry, it was a slip of the pen—I meant to write ‘pheasants’, not ‘peasants’."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pen/",
                "audio": "pe/pen/pen__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pen/",
                "audio": "pe/pen/pen__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun sense 1 Middle English (originally denoting a feather with a sharpened quill): from Old French penne, from Latin penna ‘feather’ (in late Latin ‘pen’). noun sense 2 Old English penn, of unknown origin."
}