{
    "term": "dimension",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/di/dimensions.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a measurement in space, for example how high, wide or long something is",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We measured the dimensions of the kitchen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "computer design tools that work in three dimensions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Despite the unit's compact dimensions, there's still plenty of room for expansion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is important to measure the exact dimensions of the room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fourth dimension, time, is also finite in extent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a model in three dimensions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a structure of considerable dimensions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The images can be viewed in three dimensions using these special glasses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rectangles are arranged with their longer dimension running from top to bottom."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes", "Maths and measurement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["approximate", "exact", "precise"],
                "verb + dimension": ["check", "measure"],
                "phrases": ["in two dimensions", "in three dimensions"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the size and extent of a situation",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a problem of considerable dimensions"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an aspect, or way of looking at or thinking about something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her job added a new dimension to her life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We should also consider the social dimension of unemployment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Communication via the internet gives an important international dimension to the project."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her illness adds an extra dimension to the problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In looking at population ageing we will consider two distinct dimensions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The affair had a different dimension now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crisis acquired a new dimension."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a wider dimension to the question."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the spiritual dimension to our lives"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["added", "additional", "different"],
                "verb + dimension": ["add", "bring", "give (something)"],
                "preposition": ["dimension to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪˈmenʃn//dɪˈmenʃn/",
                "audio": "di/dimension/dimension__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪˈmenʃn//dɪˈmenʃn/",
                "audio": "di/dimension/dimension__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense (1)): via Old French from Latin dimensio(n-), from dimetiri ‘measure out’. Sense (2) dates from the 1920s."
}