{
    "term": "different",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not the same as somebody/something; not like somebody/something else",
            "sensetop": "different from somebody/somethingdifferent to somebody/somethingdifferent than somebody/something",
            "labels": "(especially British English)(especially North American English)British EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "American English is **significantly different** from British English.",
                    "contextForm": "different from somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's **slightly different** to what I'm used to.",
                    "contextForm": "different to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's different than the rest.",
                    "contextForm": "different than somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's **completely different** now than it was a year ago."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People often give very different accounts of the same event."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My son's terribly untidy; my daughter's **no different**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room looks different without the furniture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Now he spoke in a different and kinder voice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's try a different approach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their customs are very different to ours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Attitudes are quite different in England."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tune returns in a subtly different guise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a far different movie from his previous one."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This school is radically different from most others."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a different proposition from his father—much less tolerant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's very different to what I'm used to."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We must approach the problem from a different standpoint."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie's different than the original book."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["very", "far", "clearly"],
                "preposition": ["from", "to", "than"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "separate and individual",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Each chapter deals with a **different type** of business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She offered us five **different kinds** of cake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're helping society in many **different ways**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The programme was about customs in different parts of the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are sold in many different colours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I looked it up in three different dictionaries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This exquisite little hotel seemed to belong to a different age."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The three friends are all from different ethnic backgrounds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We come from different worlds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They use alternating bands of different coloured bricks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The same colour may not have the same effect on different types of paper."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["very", "far", "clearly"],
                "preposition": ["from", "to", "than"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "unusual; not like other people or things",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Did you enjoy the play?’ ‘Well, it was certainly different!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her methods are different, but no less effective for that."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I love playing in jazz bands because the music is so different."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a refreshingly different approach to language learning"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be very different",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I know which area they live in, but whether I can find their house is a different matter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's a whole different matter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't mind lizards, but snakes are a different matter."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have information or evidence that the opposite is true",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He says he doesn't care about what the critics write, but I know different."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to behave in a different way from other people; to have different attitudes or ideas",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have different aims that cannot be achieved together without causing problems",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are different considerations, often pulling in different directions."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to change the way that a situation appears",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What you have told us puts a different complexion on the situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This puts a whole new complexion on the matter."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to change your opinion about somebody/something or your attitude towards somebody/something",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to give some information that is different from what you expect or have been told",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These drugs are widely believed to be effective medications. The data, however, tell a different story."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɪfrənt/",
                "audio": "di/different/different__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɪfrənt/",
                "audio": "di/different/different__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin different- ‘carrying away, differing’, from the verb differre, from dis- ‘from, away’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’."
}