{
    "term": "magnitude",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the great size or importance of something; the degree to which something is large or important",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We did not realize the magnitude of the problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a discovery **of the first magnitude**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The effects were substantial in magnitude."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They appear to underestimate the magnitude of such influences."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will face challenges of a similar magnitude."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are talking about something of a different order of magnitude."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fall in costs of sufficient magnitude to enable us to reduce prices"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "great", "unprecedented"],
                "verb + magnitude": ["appreciate", "comprehend", "grasp"],
                "preposition": ["in magnitude"],
                "phrases": [
                    "of the first magnitude",
                    "of comparable magnitude",
                    "of similar magnitude"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the degree to which a star is bright",
            "labels": "(astronomy)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The star varies in brightness by about three magnitudes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stars of the first magnitude are visible to the naked eye."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the size of an earthquake",
            "labels": "(geology)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The quake reached a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/",
                "audio": "ma/magnitude/magnitude__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪtuːd/",
                "audio": "ma/magnitude/magnitude__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (also in the sense ‘greatness of character’): from Latin magnitudo, from magnus ‘great’."
}