{
    "term": "classical",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "relating to classical music",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a classical composer/musician/pianist"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a classical concert"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "widely accepted and used for a long time; traditional in style or idea",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the classical economics of Smith and Ricardo"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the classical theory of unemployment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**classical** and modern **ballet/dance**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "connected with or influenced by the culture of ancient Greece and Rome",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "classical studies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a classical scholar *(= an expert in Latin and Greek)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "classical architecture"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History", "Buildings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "with all the features you would expect to find; very typical",
            "labels": "more frequent",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These are classical examples of food allergy."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "ancient in its form and no longer used in a spoken form",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "classical Arabic"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "simple and attractive",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the classical elegance of the design"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklæsɪkl/",
                "audio": "cl/classical/classical__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklæsɪkl/",
                "audio": "cl/classical/classical__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘outstanding of its kind’): from Latin classicus ‘belonging to a class’ (later ‘of the highest class’, from classis ‘a division of the Roman people, a grade, or a class of pupils’) + -al."
}