{
    "term": "classic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "accepted or deserving to be accepted as one of the best or most important of its kind",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a classic film/story/game"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I grew up listening to **classic rock**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a classic novel/study/goal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This classic novel was first published in 1938."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "with all the features you would expect to find; very typical",
            "labels": "less frequent",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **classic example** of poor communication"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This was a classic case of what not to do."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She displayed the classic symptoms of depression."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I made the classic mistake of clapping in a pause in the music!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "attractive, but simple and traditional in style or design; not affected by changes in fashion",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a classic grey suit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "classic design"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a classic look"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was wearing a classic little black dress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The shop specializes in classic English style."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "people say That’s classic! when they find something very funny, when they think somebody has been very stupid or when something annoying, but not surprising, happens",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's not going to help? Oh, that's classic!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklæsɪk/",
                "audio": "cl/classic/classic__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklæsɪk/",
                "audio": "cl/classic/classic__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French classique or Latin classicus ‘belonging to a class or division’, later ‘of the highest class’, from classis ‘a division of the Roman people, a grade, or a class of pupils’."
}