{
    "term": "twin",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "one of two children born at the same time to the same mother",
            "labels": "(especially US English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's expecting twins."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you're carrying *(= expecting)* twins or triplets, that can put you at risk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm 5 months pregnant with twins."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His long-lost twin was searching for him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was the older twin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My sister had twins."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The twins were separated at birth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "adult twins who were raised apart"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the plot device of giving a character an evil twin"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Holidays", "Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["identical", "monozygotic", "dizygotic"],
                "… of twins": ["pair", "set"],
                "verb + twin": ["be carrying", "be pregnant with", "expect"],
                "twin + noun": ["boys", "girls", "daughters"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "one of two similar things that make a pair",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The plate was one of a pair but I broke its twin."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/twɪn/",
                "audio": "tw/twin/twin__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/twɪn/",
                "audio": "tw/twin/twin__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English twinn ‘double’, from twi- ‘two’; related to Old Norse tvinnr. Current verb senses date from late Middle English."
}