{
    "term": "geography",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the scientific study of the earth’s surface, physical features, divisions, products, population, etc.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "recent work in **economic geography**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cultural/historical/political geography"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a geography lesson/class/teacher"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a degree in geography"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education", "Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["economic", "historical", "human"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the way in which the physical features of a place are arranged",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These streets had a very particular geography."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the geography of New York City"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Kim knew the geography of the building and strode along the corridor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The geography of the area makes travel very difficult."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The island's geography is very simple."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wasn't familiar with the geography of the town."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the way in which a particular aspect of life or society is influenced by geography or varies according to geography",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The geography of poverty and the geography of voting are connected."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a country, area or region",
            "labels": "(business)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We are now operational across multiple geographies."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒiˈɒɡrəfi/",
                "audio": "ge/geography/geography__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒiˈɑːɡrəfi/",
                "audio": "ge/geography/geography__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from French géographie or Latin geographia, from Greek geōgraphia, from gē ‘earth’ + -graphia ‘writing’."
}