word-vault/dist/data/cards/gr/gram.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "gram",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a unit for measuring weight. There are 1 000 grams in one kilogram.",
            "labels": "also British English, less frequent",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating", "Maths and measurement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing that is written or drawn",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "telegram"
                },
                {
                    "text": "hologram"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡræm/",
                "audio": "gr/gram/gram__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡræm/",
                "audio": "gr/gram/gram__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "sense 1 late 18th cent.: from French gramme, from late Latin gramma ‘a small weight’, from Greek.sense 2from Greek gramma ‘thing written, letter of the alphabet’, from graphein ‘write’."
}