{
    "term": "frequency",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the rate at which something happens or is repeated",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Fatal road accidents have decreased in frequency over recent years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dawn was then visiting New York **with increasing frequency**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a society with a **high/low frequency** *(= happening often/not very often)* of stable marriages"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Users will be able to rearrange their icons by frequency of use."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The program can show us **word frequency** *(= how often words occur in a language)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Crime can increase in frequency in less settled neighbourhoods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drug can reduce the frequency and severity of attacks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These incidents have increased in frequency."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "increased", "increasing"],
                "verb + frequency": ["decrease in", "increase in", "decrease"],
                "preposition": ["with frequency"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the fact of something happening often",
            "sensetop": "with… frequency",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the alarming frequency of computer errors"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The relative frequency of this illness in the area is of concern to all doctors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Objects like this turn up at sales with surprising frequency.",
                    "contextForm": "with… frequency"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bullets bounced off the rock with alarming frequency."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "increased", "increasing"],
                "verb + frequency": ["decrease in", "increase in", "decrease"],
                "preposition": ["with frequency"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the rate at which a sound or electromagnetic wave vibrates (= moves up and down)",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **high/low frequency**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Electromagnetic waves of **radio frequency** can make molecules vibrate and heat up."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "low", "microwave"],
                "frequency + noun": ["range", "spectrum", "band"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the number of radio waves for every second of a radio signal",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a frequency band"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an FM **radio frequency**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are only a limited number of broadcasting frequencies."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "low", "microwave"],
                "frequency + noun": ["range", "spectrum", "band"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːkwənsi/",
                "audio": "fr/frequency/frequency__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːkwənsi/",
                "audio": "fr/frequency/frequency__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (gradually superseding late Middle English frequence; originally denoting a gathering of people): from Latin frequentia, from frequens, frequent- ‘crowded, frequent’."
}