{
    "term": "tennis",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/sp/sports_racket.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a game in which two or four players use rackets to hit a ball backwards and forwards across a net on a specially marked court",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **play tennis**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **tennis player/court/ball**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I met a friend for a quick game of tennis after work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a tennis match/tournament"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is a popular figure on the international tennis circuit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He retired from competitive tennis at the age of 34."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["men’s", "women’s", "junior"],
                "… of tennis": ["game"],
                "verb + tennis": ["play", "watch"],
                "tennis + noun": ["ball", "racket", "dress"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtenɪs/",
                "audio": "te/tennis/tennis__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtenɪs/",
                "audio": "te/tennis/tennis__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English tenetz, tenes ‘real tennis’, apparently from Old French tenez ‘take, receive’ (called by the server to an opponent), imperative of tenir."
}