{
    "term": "dense",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "containing a lot of people, things, plants, etc. with little space between them",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **dense crowd/forest**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "areas of dense population"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The forest is quite dense at that point."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "difficult to see through",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**dense fog/smoke/fumes**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fog was getting very dense."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "thick"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "stupid",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How can you be so dense?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "John's all right, but he can be a bit dense sometimes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "difficult to understand because it contains a lot of information",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a dense piece of writing"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "heavy in relation to its size",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Less dense substances move upwards to form a crust."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All that is left of the star is a small, dense core."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dens/",
                "audio": "de/dense/dense__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dens/",
                "audio": "de/dense/dense__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin densus."
}