{
    "term": "empirical",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "based on experiments or experience rather than ideas or theories",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**empirical evidence/knowledge/research**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **empirical study**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Scientific research"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpɪrɪkl/",
                "audio": "em/empirical/empirical__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpɪrɪkl/",
                "audio": "em/empirical/empirical__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}