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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "zero",
"partOfSpeech": "number",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "0",
"labels": "British English also",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Five, four, three, two, one, zero… We have lift-off."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a temperature, pressure, etc. that is equal to zero on a scale",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was ten degrees below zero last night *(= −10°C)*."
},
{
"text": "The thermometer had fallen to zero."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the lowest possible amount or level; nothing at all",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I rated my chances as zero."
},
{
"text": "zero inflation"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈzɪərəʊ/",
"audio": "ze/zero/zero__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈzɪrəʊ/",
"audio": "ze/zero/zero__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French zéro or Italian zero, via Old Spanish from Arabic ṣifr ‘cipher’."
}