{
    "term": "biology",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the scientific study of the life and structure of plants and animals",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a degree in biology"
                },
                {
                    "text": "molecular/evolutionary biology"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a biology teacher/class/textbook"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a professor of biology at Stanford."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education", "Scientific research", "Biology"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cellular", "developmental", "environmental"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the way in which the body and cells of a living thing behave",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How far is human nature determined by biology?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the biology of marine animals"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cellular", "developmental", "environmental"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/baɪˈɒlədʒi/",
                "audio": "bi/biology/biology__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/baɪˈɑːlədʒi/",
                "audio": "bi/biology/biology__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: coined in German, via French from Greek bios ‘life’ + -logy."
}