{
    "term": "expert",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person with special knowledge, skill or training in something",
            "sensetop": "according to an expertexpert in somethingexpert on somethingexpert at somethingexpert in doing somethingexpert on doing somethingexpert at doing something",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a legal/security/medical/computer expert"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police consulted their own team of forensic experts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "According to our panel of **leading industry experts**, a downturn is inevitable.",
                    "contextForm": "according to an expert"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Experts believe/predict/say…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Experts in the field** of child psychology warn of the dangers of social media.",
                    "contextForm": "expert in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't pretend to be an **expert on the subject **.",
                    "contextForm": "expert on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nobody can be an expert at everything.",
                    "contextForm": "expert at something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You will need to **become an expert **in analysing data.",
                    "contextForm": "expert in doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an expert on managing change in the workplace",
                    "contextForm": "expert on doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's an expert at getting his own way.",
                    "contextForm": "expert at doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't ask me—I'm no expert!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A panel of experts will answer questions from the audience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Experts agree that a balanced diet is the key to great health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is a world expert on butterflies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Medical experts are predicting a massive rise in obesity-related illnesses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Weapons experts were sent to try to uncover evidence of a nuclear programme."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm no expert, but I think you should get that cut seen to."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The so-called experts seem to have no explanation for this."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The article quoted climate experts as saying that we should expect more extreme weather events."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["real", "leading", "acknowledged"],
                "… of experts": ["committee", "panel", "team"],
                "verb + expert": ["ask", "consult", "talk to"],
                "expert + verb": [
                    "advise somebody/​something",
                    "agree something",
                    "argue something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["expert at", "expert in", "expert on"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈekspɜːt/",
                "audio": "ex/expert/expert__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈekspɜːrt/",
                "audio": "ex/expert/expert__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (as an adjective): from French, from Latin expertus, past participle of experiri ‘try’. The noun use dates from the early 19th cent. Compare with experience and experiment."
}