{
    "term": "sudden",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "happening or done quickly and unexpectedly",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "News of his **sudden** and unexpected **death** came as a great shock."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **sudden change** in temperature"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were several sudden bursts of gunfire outside."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was only decided yesterday. It's all been very sudden."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't make any sudden movements."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His death was very sudden."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "quickly and unexpectedly",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All of a sudden someone grabbed me around the neck."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsʌdn/",
                "audio": "su/sudden/sudden__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsʌdn/",
                "audio": "su/sudden/sudden__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French sudein, from an alteration of Latin subitaneus, from subitus ‘sudden’."
}