{
    "term": "dictionary",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a book or electronic resource that gives a list of the words of a language in alphabetical order and explains what they mean, or gives a word for them in a foreign language",
            "sensetop": "in a dictionary",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a Spanish-English dictionary"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a slang dictionary"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a dictionary of slang"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in the dictionary.",
                    "contextForm": "in a dictionary"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't find the word in the dictionary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need a dictionary to understand what he's saying half the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a way of teaching children how to use dictionaries"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "comprehensive", "unabridged"],
                "verb + dictionary": ["check", "consult", "look something up in"],
                "dictionary + noun": ["definition", "entry"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the dictionary"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a book that explains the words that are used in a particular subject",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a dictionary of mathematics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I decided to consult a medical dictionary."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "comprehensive", "unabridged"],
                "verb + dictionary": ["check", "consult", "look something up in"],
                "dictionary + noun": ["definition", "entry"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the dictionary"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a list of words in electronic form, for example stored in a computer’s spellchecker",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "comprehensive", "unabridged"],
                "verb + dictionary": ["check", "consult", "look something up in"],
                "dictionary + noun": ["definition", "entry"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the dictionary"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɪkʃənri/",
                "audio": "di/dictionary/dictionary__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɪkʃəneri/",
                "audio": "di/dictionary/dictionary__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent.: from medieval Latin dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber) ‘manual or book of words’, from Latin dictio, from dicere ‘to say’."
}