{
    "term": "sake",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that it is important to do something or when you are annoyed about something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Do be careful, for goodness' sake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Oh, for heaven's sake!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "For pity's sake, help me!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you do something for old times’ sake, you do it because it is connected with something good that happened to you in the past",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "because of the interest or value something has, not because of the advantages it may bring",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I believe in education for its own sake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "art for art’s sake"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in order to help somebody/something or because you like somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They stayed together for the sake of the children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can do it. Please, for my sake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hope you're right, for all our sakes *(= because this is important for all of us)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in order to get or keep something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The translation sacrifices naturalness for the sake of accuracy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gave up smoking for the sake of her health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's suppose, **for the sake of argument** *(= in order to have a discussion)*, that interest rates went up by 2 per cent."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "for no particular reason",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't get married just for the sake of it."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/seɪk/",
                "audio": "sa/sake/sake__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/seɪk/",
                "audio": "sa/sake/sake__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English sacu ‘contention, crime’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaak and German Sache, from a base meaning ‘affair, legal action, thing’. The phrase for the sake of may be from Old Norse."
}