{
    "term": "adult",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a fully grown person who is legally responsible for their actions",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Children must be accompanied by an adult."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I simply can't believe that responsible adults allowed a child to wander the streets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why can't you two act like civilized adults?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The obesity rate among adults has actually increased."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The number of single adult households has doubled in the past 30 years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This book will definitely appeal to teenagers and young adults."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What consenting adults do in private is their own business."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "grown-up2",
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["young", "single", "consenting"],
                "adult + noun": ["education", "literacy", "population"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a fully grown animal",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The fish return to the river as adults in order to breed."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈædʌlt//əˈdʌlt/",
                "audio": "ad/adult/adult__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdʌlt//ˈædʌlt/",
                "audio": "ad/adult/adult__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere ‘grow to maturity’, from ad- ‘to’ + alescere ‘grow, grow up’, from alere ‘nourish’."
}