word-vault/dist/data/cards/do/dozen.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "dozen",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun, determiner",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a group of twelve of the same thing",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Give me a dozen, please."
                },
                {
                    "text": "two dozen eggs"
                },
                {
                    "text": "three dozen red roses"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**half a dozen** bottles of wine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**a half-dozen** bottles of wine"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a group of approximately twelve people or things",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "several dozen/a few dozen people"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company employs no more than **a couple of dozen** people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Only about **half a dozen** people turned up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was only space for a **half-dozen** tables."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were two dozen or so, men mostly, all looking a little bored."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a lot of people or things",
            "sensetop": "dozens of somethingin dozens",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've been there dozens of times.",
                    "contextForm": "dozens of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We interviewed **dozens and dozens** of people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They arrived in dozens *(= in large numbers)*.",
                    "contextForm": "in dozens"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Babies are turning up in their dozens to be snapped for the paper's Baby of the Year competition."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very common and therefore not valuable",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choices",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to talk, etc. without stopping",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was chatting away, nineteen to the dozen."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʌzn/",
                "audio": "do/dozen/dozen__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʌzn/",
                "audio": "do/dozen/dozen__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French dozeine, based on Latin duodecim ‘twelve’."
}