{
    "term": "mathematics",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the study of numbers and shapes. Branches of mathematics include arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the school mathematics curriculum"
                },
                {
                    "text": "applied/pure mathematics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Both science and mathematics show us that the universe has not been around for an infinite duration of time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Galileo was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Padua."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a whole field of applied mathematics which is eminently practical."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Astronomy in this mould becomes a branch of pure mathematics."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education", "Maths and measurement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["applied", "pure", "school"],
                "phrases": ["a branch of mathematics"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the process of calculating using numbers",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He worked out the very difficult mathematics in great detail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her proof is a remarkable piece of mathematics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The mathematics of baseball is/are very interesting."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Maths and measurement"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌmæθəˈmætɪks/",
                "audio": "ma/mathematics/mathematics__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mæθs/",
                "audio": "ma/mathematics/maths__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mæθ/",
                "audio": "ma/mathematics/math__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌmæθəˈmætɪks/",
                "audio": "ma/mathematics/mathematics__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mæθs/",
                "audio": "ma/mathematics/maths__us_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mæθ/",
                "audio": "ma/mathematics/math__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: plural of obsolete mathematic ‘mathematics’, from Old French mathematique, from Latin (ars) mathematica ‘mathematical (art)’, from Greek mathēmatikē (tekhnē), from the base of manthanein ‘learn’."
}