{
    "term": "dedicated",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "working hard at something because it is very important to you",
            "sensetop": "dedicated to somethingdedicated to doing something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a dedicated teacher"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is dedicated to her job.",
                    "contextForm": "dedicated to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The charity is dedicated to serving young people with special needs.",
                    "contextForm": "dedicated to doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The workforce is small but highly dedicated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movement obviously still has its dedicated followers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ship was painstakingly rebuilt by a dedicated team of engineers."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "committed",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "designed to do only one particular type of work; used for one particular purpose only",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Software is exported through a dedicated satellite link."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdedɪkeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "de/dedicated/dedicated__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdedɪkeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "de/dedicated/dedicated__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}