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{
"term": "uncle",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the brother of your mother or father; the husband of your aunt or uncle",
"sensetop": "uncle to somebody",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Uncle Ian"
},
{
"text": "I'm going to visit my uncle."
},
{
"text": "a maternal/paternal uncle *(= related through the mother’s/father's side of the family)*"
},
{
"text": "I've just become an uncle *(= because my brother/sister has had a baby)*."
},
{
"text": "Joey was like an uncle to us.",
"contextForm": "uncle to somebody"
},
{
"text": "He was the youngest son of Edward III and uncle to Richard II."
},
{
"text": "The celebrant of the Mass was Rev. Martin Doyle, uncle of the bride."
},
{
"text": "He looks so much like his late uncle."
},
{
"text": "The boss smiled at us all like a benevolent uncle."
},
{
"text": "the fortune left to her by her dead uncle"
},
{
"text": "my favourite uncle"
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["beloved", "favourite/favorite", "rich"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used by children, with a first name, to address a man who is a close friend of their parents",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Family and relationships"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used as a polite way of addressing or referring to an older man",
"labels": "(Indian English, South-East Asian English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The uncle who lives opposite my parents is always so warm and friendly."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say how easy and quick it is to do a particular task",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Press here and Bob's your uncle! It's disappeared."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʌŋkl/",
"audio": "un/uncle/uncle__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʌŋkldʒi/",
"audio": "un/uncle/uncleji__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʌŋkl/",
"audio": "un/uncle/uncle__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʌŋkldʒi/",
"audio": "un/uncle/uncleji__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French oncle, from late Latin aunculus, alteration of Latin avunculus ‘maternal uncle’, diminutive of avus ‘grandfather’."
}