{
    "term": "authentic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "known to be real and what somebody claims it is and not a copy",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't know if the painting is authentic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The documents seem authentic enough."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an authentic Picasso"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "true and accurate",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an authentic account of life in the desert"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the authentic voice of young black Americans"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "made to be exactly the same as the original",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an authentic model of the ancient town"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take a trip on an authentic Spanish galleon to the famous Papagayo beach."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɔːˈθentɪk/",
                "audio": "au/authentic/authentic__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɔːˈθentɪk/",
                "audio": "au/authentic/authentic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin authenticus, from Greek authentikos ‘principal, genuine’."
}