{
    "term": "childhood",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the period of somebody’s life when they are a child",
            "sensetop": "in/during (somebody's) childhood",
            "labels": "(often ironic)(often ironic)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "childhood, adolescence, and adulthood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He spent his childhood in India."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had a happy childhood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the problem of **childhood obesity**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**childhood memories/experiences**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "in **early childhood**",
                    "contextForm": "in/during (somebody's) childhood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His interest in farming developed during his childhood in Shropshire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "memories from childhood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "books you remember from your childhood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have known each other since childhood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a TV show he's loved since his childhood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a childhood friend"
                },
                {
                    "text": "her childhood home"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He married his childhood sweetheart."
                },
                {
                    "text": "childhood cancer/leukaemia/asthma"
                },
                {
                    "text": "funds for early childhood education"
                },
                {
                    "text": "From earliest childhood she'd had a love of dancing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He became diabetic during childhood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spent most of her childhood in Egypt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He travelled a lot throughout his childhood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was moved from family to family throughout my childhood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her second son didn't survive childhood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His health remained poor into later childhood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I remembered my own childhood fondly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She died in childhood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She still retained many friends from childhood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He lived in the same house throughout his childhood."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["carefree", "good", "happy"],
                "verb + childhood": ["have", "spend", "recall"],
                "childhood + noun": ["days", "years", "event"],
                "preposition": ["during childhood", "from childhood", "in childhood"],
                "phrases": ["scenes from somebody’s childhood"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a time in the life of an adult person when they behave like a child again",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Life stages"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/",
                "audio": "ch/childhood/childhood__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/",
                "audio": "ch/childhood/childhood__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English cildhād (see child, -hood)."
}