{
    "term": "experiment",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a scientific test that is done in order to study what happens and to gain new knowledge",
            "sensetop": "in an experimentduring an experimentexperiment on somebody/somethingexperiment with somebody/somethingby experiment",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **do/perform/conduct an experiment**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**laboratory experiments**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The results of the experiment were inconclusive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The 30 subjects in each experiment were divided into two groups.",
                    "contextForm": "in an experiment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The temperature was kept constant during the experiment.",
                    "contextForm": "during an experiment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many people do not like the idea of experiments on animals.",
                    "contextForm": "experiment on somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The experiment with cells from other species was unsuccessful.",
                    "contextForm": "experiment with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Facts can be established by observation and experiment.",
                    "contextForm": "by experiment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Further experiments will be carried out to verify this result."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The results were obtained from four independent experiments."
                },
                {
                    "text": "proved by experiment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If the conditions are not right, the experiment will not work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In these experiments, chilling is necessary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pavlov's famous experiment with the dog and the dinner bell"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The appropriate concentration of the drug is best determined by experiment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "NASA carried out experiments to ascertain the effects of weightlessness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This pattern emerged clearly in the experiment."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["animal", "field", "laboratory"],
                "verb + experiment": ["carry out", "conduct", "do"],
                "experiment + verb": [
                    "confirm something",
                    "demonstrate something",
                    "find something"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "by experiment",
                    "during an/​the experiment",
                    "in an/​the experiment"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a new activity, idea or method that you try out to see what happens or what effect it has",
            "sensetop": "experiment in somethingexperiment with somethingas an experiment",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've never cooked this before so it's an experiment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the country’s brief experiment in democracy",
                    "contextForm": "experiment in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His experiments with narrative form were very influential.",
                    "contextForm": "experiment with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The system was installed four years ago as an experiment.",
                    "contextForm": "as an experiment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Brazil's unique experiment with alcohol-powered cars"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The school decided to try an experiment in single-sex teaching."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an experiment aimed at cutting road deaths resulting from excessive speeding"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the country's bold experiment with economic reform"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["animal", "field", "laboratory"],
                "verb + experiment": ["carry out", "conduct", "do"],
                "experiment + verb": [
                    "confirm something",
                    "demonstrate something",
                    "find something"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "by experiment",
                    "during an/​the experiment",
                    "in an/​the experiment"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈsperɪmənt/",
                "audio": "ex/experiment/experiment__gb_6.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈsperɪmənt/",
                "audio": "ex/experiment/experiment__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin experimentum, from experiri ‘try’. Compare with experience and expert."
}