{
    "term": "reign",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the period during which a king, queen, emperor, etc. rules",
            "sensetop": "in/during a reign",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "By the end of his reign, the vast empire was in decline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The house was built during the reign of Henry VIII.",
                    "contextForm": "in/during a reign"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the period during which somebody is in charge of an organization, a team, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sir Alex Ferguson's reign at Manchester United"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story only came out during the final days of his reign as Chief Executive."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪn/",
                "audio": "re/reign/reign__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪn/",
                "audio": "re/reign/reign__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French reignier ‘to reign’, reigne ‘kingdom’, from Latin regnum, related to rex, reg- ‘king’."
}