{
    "term": "bachelor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a man who has never been married",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an eligible bachelor (= one that many people want to marry, especially because he is rich)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **confirmed bachelor** *(= a man who does not intend to marry)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was 38, and a confirmed bachelor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the country’s most eligible bachelors"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["confirmed", "lifelong", "eligible"],
                "bachelor + noun": ["days", "life", "apartment"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who has a Bachelor’s degree (= a first university degree)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **Bachelor of Arts/Engineering/Science**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a small apartment suitable for a person living alone",
            "labels": "(Canadian English)North American English also",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbætʃələ(r)/",
                "audio": "ba/bachelor/bachelor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbætʃələr/",
                "audio": "ba/bachelor/bachelor__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French bacheler; of uncertain origin."
}