word-vault/dist/data/cards/pr/pregnant.json

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{
    "term": "pregnant",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having a baby or young animal developing inside her/its body",
            "sensetop": "pregnant with…",
            "labels": "(especially US English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My wife is pregnant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was pregnant with our third child at the time.",
                    "contextForm": "pregnant with…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **heavily pregnant** woman *(= one whose baby is nearly ready to be born)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **get/become/fall pregnant**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He got his girlfriend pregnant and they're getting married."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's six months pregnant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I discovered my cat was pregnant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was pregnant by a former boyfriend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My sister is pregnant with twins."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "become"],
                "adverb": ["heavily", "very", "visibly"],
                "preposition": ["by", "with"],
                "phrases": ["six weeks, three months, etc. pregnant"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "full of a quality or feeling",
            "sensetop": "pregnant with something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her silences were pregnant with criticism."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an occasion when nobody speaks, although people are aware that there are feelings or thoughts to express",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was a pregnant pause before she replied."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpreɡnənt/",
                "audio": "pr/pregnant/pregnant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpreɡnənt/",
                "audio": "pr/pregnant/pregnant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin praegnant-, probably from prae ‘before’ + the base of gnasci ‘be born’."
}