{
    "term": "advanced",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having the most modern and recently developed ideas, methods, etc.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Scientists are working on highly **advanced technology** to replace fossil fuels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is a **technologically advanced** society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Even in advanced industrial societies, poverty persists."
                },
                {
                    "text": "economically advanced countries/regions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sweden has a reputation for advanced and stylish design."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a highly advanced economy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an advanced civilization/​nation"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "at a high or difficult level",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He hopes to pursue an advanced degree in economics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an advanced student of English"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were only three of us on the advanced course."
                },
                {
                    "text": "special courses for very advanced students"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Language"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "at a late stage of development",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **advanced stages** of the disease"
                },
                {
                    "text": "patients with **advanced** lung **cancer**"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used in polite expressions to describe somebody as ‘very old’",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was a man of advanced years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Even at my advanced age I still know how to enjoy myself!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ədˈvɑːnst/",
                "audio": "ad/advanced/advanced__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ədˈvænst/",
                "audio": "ad/advanced/advanced__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}