{
    "term": "chapter",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a separate section of a book, usually with a number or title",
            "sensetop": "in a chapterchapter of somethingchapter in somethingchapter on something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **read/write a chapter**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **devotes** an entire **chapter to** this topic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've just finished Chapter 3."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I read chapter after chapter of the book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "in the previous/next/first/last chapter",
                    "contextForm": "in a chapter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "in a later chapter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a useful summary at the end of the chapter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **final chapter** of her autobiography",
                    "contextForm": "chapter of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the opening **chapter of the book**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the most interesting **chapter in the book**",
                    "contextForm": "chapter in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you read the chapter on the legal system?",
                    "contextForm": "chapter on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His influence on other writers will be discussed in the next chapter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I read the first few chapters and then got bored."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The author devotes two chapters to language acquisition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This chapter covers money and banking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a chapter on the city's architecture"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["first", "introductory", "opening"],
                "chapter + verb": [
                    "be entitled something",
                    "be titled something",
                    "address something"
                ],
                "verb + chapter": ["read", "write", "dedicate"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the chapter", "chapter about", "chapter on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a period of time in a person’s life or in history",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a difficult chapter in our country’s history"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her return to Kansas ended a particularly unhappy chapter in her life."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time", "History"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["difficult", "sad", "unhappy"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "all the priests of a cathedral or members of a religious community",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a meeting of the dean and chapter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chapter meets/meet twice a month."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a local branch of a society, club, etc.",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the local chapter of the Rotary club"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the exact details of something, especially the exact place where particular information may be found",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can't give chapter and verse, but that's the rough outline of our legal position."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a series of unpleasant events caused by bad luck",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The whole affair has been a chapter of accidents from start to finish."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃæptə(r)/",
                "audio": "ch/chapter/chapter__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃæptər/",
                "audio": "ch/chapter/chapter__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum, diminutive of caput ‘head’."
}