{
    "term": "upon",
    "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that there is a large number or amount of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "mile upon mile of dusty road"
                },
                {
                    "text": "thousands upon thousands of letters"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used, especially at the beginning of stories, to mean ‘a long time ago in the past’",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if something in the future is almost upon you, it is going to arrive or happen very soon",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The summer season was almost upon them again."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɒn/",
                "audio": "up/upon/upon__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɑːn/",
                "audio": "up/upon/upon__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from up + on, suggested by Old Norse upp á."
}