{
    "term": "demon",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an evil spirit",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The people believed the girl was possessed by demons."
                },
                {
                    "text": "demons torturing the sinners in Hell"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an ancient ritual to exorcise demons"
                },
                {
                    "text": "tales of travellers attacked by evil demons"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["evil", "inner", "personal"],
                "verb + demon": ["be possessed by", "cast out", "exorcize"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something that causes a person to worry and makes them unhappy",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the demons of jealousy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's had to battle her personal demons throughout her adult life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["evil", "inner", "personal"],
                "verb + demon": ["be possessed by", "cast out", "exorcize"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who does something very well or with a lot of energy",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He skis like a demon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He’s a demon: he gets up early, he works out, he goes home early, he studies, he works out again…"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "alcoholic drink",
            "labels": "(British English, humorous)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdiːmən/",
                "audio": "de/demon/demon__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdiːmən/",
                "audio": "de/demon/demon__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from medieval Latin, from Latin daemon, from Greek daimōn ‘deity, genius’; in sense (1) also from Latin daemonium ‘lesser or evil spirit’, from Greek daemonion, diminutive of daimōn."
}