{
    "term": "central",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "in the centre of an area or object",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "central London"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Central America/Europe/Asia"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There will be rain later in central and eastern parts of the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the central area of the brain"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["fairly", "quite", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "easily reached from many areas",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The flat is very central—just five minutes from Princes Street."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The offices are in a central location."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our house is very central, so we can easily get to theatres and restaurants."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["fairly", "quite", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "most important",
            "sensetop": "central to something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The **central issue** is that of widespread racism."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has been a **central figure** in the campaign."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prevention also plays a **central role** in traditional medicine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The gap between rich and poor is becoming a **central theme** of the election."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She plays the **central character** Alexandra."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Reducing inflation is central to *(= is an important part of)* the government's economic policy.",
                    "contextForm": "central to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These facts are central to the case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This distinction is of absolutely central importance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Alienation is a central motif in her novels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What is the central truth of all his religious teaching?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["very", "absolutely", "increasingly"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "having power or control over other parts",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the central committee *(= of a political party)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The organization has a central office in York."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "produced with the centre of the tongue in a higher position than the front or the back, for example /ɜː/ in bird",
            "labels": "(phonetics)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsentrəl/",
                "audio": "ce/central/central__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsentrəl/",
                "audio": "ce/central/central__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin centralis, from centrum, from Greek kentron ‘sharp point, stationary point of a pair of compasses’, related to kentein ‘to prick’."
}