{
    "term": "absolute",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "total and complete",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've joined a class for absolute beginners."
                },
                {
                    "text": "absolute confidence/trust/silence/truth"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘You're wrong,’ she said with **absolute certainty**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Clean water is an **absolute necessity**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Around them the darkness was absolute, the silence oppressive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He demands absolute obedience from his men."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They drove back to the house in absolute silence."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used, especially in spoken English, to give emphasis to what you are saying",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We must keep costs to an **absolute minimum**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This room is an **absolute disgrace**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're talking absolute nonsense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He must earn an absolute fortune."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What an absolute idiot I’ve been!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The way you treated her was an absolute disgrace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's absolute rubbish on television tonight."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "definite and without any doubt",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was no absolute proof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He taught us that the laws of physics were absolute."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story offers no clear message, no **absolute truth**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "(of a legal decision) final",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The divorce became absolute last week."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "not limited in any way",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**absolute power/authority**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **absolute ruler/monarchy** *(= one with no limit to their power)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "existing or measured independently and not in relation to something else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Although prices are falling **in absolute terms**, energy is still expensive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Beauty cannot be measured by any absolute standard."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæbsəluːt/",
                "audio": "ab/absolute/absolute__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæbsəluːt/",
                "audio": "ab/absolute/absolute__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin absolutus ‘freed, unrestricted’, past participle of absolvere ‘set free, acquit’, from ab- ‘from’ + solvere ‘loosen’."
}