{
    "term": "assistant",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who helps or supports somebody, usually in their job",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My assistant will now demonstrate the machine in action."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a senior **research assistant**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I work part-time as a **classroom assistant** in my local primary school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was working as a special assistant to the president."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had a clerical assistant to do her paperwork."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is assistant to the Production Manager."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He worked as an assistant to the Sales Director."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["chief", "senior", "deputy"],
                "verb + assistant": ["employ (somebody as)", "have", "get"],
                "preposition": ["assistant to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person whose job is to serve customers in a shop",
            "labels": "(both British English)(both North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an assistant in a department store"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Maybe one of our assistants can help you make your choice?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["chief", "senior", "deputy"],
                "verb + assistant": ["employ (somebody as)", "have", "get"],
                "preposition": ["assistant to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a student at university or college who spends time in a foreign country teaching his or her own language in a school",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Education"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɪstənt/",
                "audio": "as/assistant/assistant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsɪstənt/",
                "audio": "as/assistant/assistant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin assistent- ‘taking one's stand beside’, from the verb assistere, from ad- ‘to, at’ + sistere ‘take one's stand’."
}