{
    "term": "applicable",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "that can be said to be true in the case of somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "applicable to somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Give details of children where applicable *(= if you have any)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Much of the form was not applicable *(= did not apply)* to me.",
                    "contextForm": "applicable to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The law is applicable to everyone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The offer is only applicable for flights during the week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The theory does not seem easily applicable in this case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The constitution is equally applicable to all citizens."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His rules are not universally applicable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "New developments in research could prove directly applicable to the treatment of some cancers."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "relevant",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["broadly", "generally", "widely"],
                "preposition": ["for", "to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈplɪkəbl//ˈæplɪkəbl/",
                "audio": "ap/applicable/applicable__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæplɪkəbl//əˈplɪkəbl/",
                "audio": "ap/applicable/applicable__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘compliant’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin applicabilis, from the verb applicare ‘fold, fasten to’, from ad- ‘to’ + plicare ‘to fold’."
}