word-vault/dist/data/cards/mu/mum.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "mum",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a mother",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Call your mum."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My mum says I can't go."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Happy Birthday, Mum."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A lot of **mums and dads** have the same worries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a **single mum** with two kids."
                },
                {
                    "text": "expectant/new/young/teenage mums"
                },
                {
                    "text": "stay-at-home/working mums"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bella lives with her mum in Oxford."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Marc waved goodbye to his mum."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cat acted as a surrogate mum to the chicks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The group is aimed at new mums with young babies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a single mum raising two kids on her own."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Young mums can often find themselves isolated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has just become the proud mum of a baby girl."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["young", "single", "unmarried"],
                "phrases": ["mum and dad"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "financial support from your parents, especially when you are an adult",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Without support from the Bank of Mum and Dad, they could find themselves locked out of the housing market."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mʌm/",
                "audio": "mu/mum/mum_1_gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mʌm/",
                "audio": "mu/mum/mum__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun mid 17th cent.: abbreviation of mummy ‘mother’."
}