{
    "term": "premier",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "most important, famous or successful",
            "labels": "(British English, sport)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "one of the country’s premier chefs"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Premier League/Division"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Last year they won the premier award at the Welsh Festival of Light Opera."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new Institute of Contemporary Art is one of Boston's premier attractions."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpremiə(r)/",
                "audio": "pr/premier/premier__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈmɪr/",
                "audio": "pr/premier/premier__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from Old French, ‘first’, from Latin primarius ‘principal’."
}