{
    "term": "son",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person’s male child",
            "sensetop": "son of somebody",
            "labels": "(especially US English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "their four**-year-old son**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "my **teenage/eldest son**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "her **young/baby son**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We **have** two **sons** and a daughter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have three grown-up sons."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In January 1816 she **gave birth to a son**, William."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is **survived by a son**, Christopher."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **birth/death of a son**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's the son of an Oxford professor.",
                    "contextForm": "son of somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was **like a son to** me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Maine & Sons, Grocers *(= the name of a company on a sign)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Living alone and trying to bring up a young son is no easy task."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The queen bore him four fine sons."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They welcomed me like a long-lost son."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an illegitimate son of Louis XV"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our oldest son is playing football."
                },
                {
                    "text": "his son from a previous marriage"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["baby", "newborn", "infant"],
                "verb + son": ["have", "bear", "give birth to"],
                "son + verb": ["grow up"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a friendly form of address that is used by an older man to a young man or boy",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Well, son, how can I help you?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a man who belongs to a particular place or country, etc.",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "one of France’s most famous sons"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a native son of Philadelphia"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used by a priest to address a boy or man",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "Jesus Christ as the second member of the Trinity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a performer, politician, sports player, etc., who is popular where they were born",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "(in the US) a candidate for president who is supported by his or her own state in the first part of a campaign",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "from one generation of a family to the next",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that a son’s character or behaviour is similar to that of his father",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who leaves home and wastes their money and time on a life of pleasure, but who later is sorry about this and returns home",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sʌn/",
                "audio": "so/son/son__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sʌn/",
                "audio": "so/son/son__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English sunu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zoon and German Sohn, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek huios."
}