word-vault/dist/data/cards/br/brother.json

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{
    "term": "brother",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a boy or man who has the same parents as another person",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We're brothers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's my brother."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **older/younger brother**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **twin brother**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Does she have any **brothers and sisters**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Edward was the youngest of the Kennedy brothers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was like a brother to me *(= very close)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My son really wanted a **little brother**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is survived by her brothers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bill idolizes his big brother, who is a professional footballer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He married the wife of his late brother."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His old teacher greeted him like a long-lost brother."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wrote daily to her beloved brother, Leo."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The boys are so close, they're like brothers."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "elder", "older"],
                "phrases": ["blood brothers", "brother and sister", "like brothers"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used for talking to or talking about other male members of an organization or other men who have the same ideas, purpose, etc. as yourself",
            "labels": "old-fashioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We must work together, brothers!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are all brothers in the fight against injustice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was greatly respected by his brother officers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We must support our weaker brethren."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a male member of a religious group, especially a monk",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Brother Luke"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Brethren meet regularly for prayer."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used by black people as a form of address for a black man",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "(in the US) a member of a fraternity (= a club for a group of male students at a college or university)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbrʌðə(r)/",
                "audio": "br/brother/brother__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbrʌðər/",
                "audio": "br/brother/brother__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English brōthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broeder and German Bruder, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin frater."
}