{
    "term": "cemetery",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an area of land used for burying dead people, especially one that is not next to a church",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was buried in a private cemetery."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals", "Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["local", "private", "public"],
                "verb + cemetery": ["be buried in", "visit"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the cemetery"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsemətri/",
                "audio": "ce/cemetery/cemetery__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈseməteri/",
                "audio": "ce/cemetery/cemetery__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek koimētērion ‘dormitory’, from koiman ‘put to sleep’."
}