{
    "term": "ballet",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a style of dancing that tells a dramatic story with music but no talking or singing",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She wants to be a **ballet dancer**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "ballet shoes"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["classical", "contemporary", "modern"],
                "verb + ballet": ["learn", "study", "teach"],
                "ballet + noun": ["music", "dancer", "company"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a story or work of art performed by a group of ballet dancers",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Swan Lake’ is one of the great classical ballets."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["classical", "contemporary", "modern"],
                "verb + ballet": ["learn", "study", "teach"],
                "ballet + noun": ["music", "dancer", "company"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a group of dancers who work and perform ballet together",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "members of the Royal Ballet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Royal Ballet is/are dancing ‘Giselle’."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["classical", "contemporary", "modern"],
                "verb + ballet": ["learn", "study", "teach"],
                "ballet + noun": ["music", "dancer", "company"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbæleɪ/",
                "audio": "ba/ballet/ballet__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bæˈleɪ/",
                "audio": "ba/ballet/ballet__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian balletto, diminutive of ballo ‘dance’, from late Latin ballare ‘to dance’; related to Greek ballizein ‘to dance’."
}