{
    "term": "zero",
    "partOfSpeech": "number",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "0",
            "labels": "British English also",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Five, four, three, two, one, zero… We have lift-off."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a temperature, pressure, etc. that is equal to zero on a scale",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was ten degrees below zero last night *(= −10°C)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The thermometer had fallen to zero."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the lowest possible amount or level; nothing at all",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I rated my chances as zero."
                },
                {
                    "text": "zero inflation"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈzɪərəʊ/",
                "audio": "ze/zero/zero__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈzɪrəʊ/",
                "audio": "ze/zero/zero__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French zéro or Italian zero, via Old Spanish from Arabic ṣifr ‘cipher’."
}