{
    "term": "era",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a period of time, usually in history, that is different from other periods because of particular characteristics or events",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Victorian/modern/post-war era"
                },
                {
                    "text": "When she left the firm, it was the **end of an era** *(= things were different after that)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a new era of peace"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is the start of a new era of peace and prosperity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country has entered an era of high unemployment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in a whole new era."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room had the elegance of a bygone era."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We live in an era of religious uncertainty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a new era in the history of art"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a practice that has survived into the present era"
                },
                {
                    "text": "movies of the silent era"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the golden era of radio"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the modern era, the state is the provider of welfare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is one of the most famous churches built in the Victorian era."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time", "History"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["golden", "great", "new"],
                "verb + era": ["herald", "mark", "usher in"],
                "era + verb": ["begin", "end"],
                "preposition": ["during an/​the era", "in an/​the era", "into era"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the beginning of an era",
                    "the dawn of an era",
                    "the dawning of an era"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a length of time that is a division of an aeon",
            "labels": "(geology)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪərə/",
                "audio": "er/era/era__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪrə//ˈerə/",
                "audio": "er/era/era__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from late Latin aera, denoting a number used as a basis of reckoning, an epoch from which time is reckoned, plural of aes, aer- ‘money, counter’."
}