{
    "term": "uncle",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the brother of your mother or father; the husband of your aunt or uncle",
            "sensetop": "uncle to somebody",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Uncle Ian"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm going to visit my uncle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a maternal/paternal uncle *(= related through the mother’s/father's side of the family)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've just become an uncle *(= because my brother/sister has had a baby)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Joey was like an uncle to us.",
                    "contextForm": "uncle to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was the youngest son of Edward III and uncle to Richard II."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The celebrant of the Mass was Rev. Martin Doyle, uncle of the bride."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He looks so much like his late uncle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The boss smiled at us all like a benevolent uncle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the fortune left to her by her dead uncle"
                },
                {
                    "text": "my favourite uncle"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beloved", "favourite/​favorite", "rich"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used by children, with a first name, to address a man who is a close friend of their parents",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used as a polite way of addressing or referring to an older man",
            "labels": "(Indian English, South-East Asian English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The uncle who lives opposite my parents is always so warm and friendly."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say how easy and quick it is to do a particular task",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Press here and Bob's your uncle! It's disappeared."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌŋkl/",
                "audio": "un/uncle/uncle__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌŋkldʒi/",
                "audio": "un/uncle/uncleji__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌŋkl/",
                "audio": "un/uncle/uncle__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌŋkldʒi/",
                "audio": "un/uncle/uncleji__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French oncle, from late Latin aunculus, alteration of Latin avunculus ‘maternal uncle’, diminutive of avus ‘grandfather’."
}