{
    "term": "melody",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a tune, especially the main tune in a piece of music written for several instruments or voices",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a haunting melody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The melody is then taken up by the flutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of her songs have a bold melody."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The clarinet carries the melody."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beautiful", "flowing", "gentle"],
                "verb + melody": ["hum", "play", "sing"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a piece of music or a song with a clear or simple tune",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "old Irish melodies"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beautiful", "flowing", "gentle"],
                "verb + melody": ["hum", "play", "sing"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the arrangement of musical notes in a tune",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a few bars of melody drifted towards us"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beautiful", "flowing", "gentle"],
                "verb + melody": ["hum", "play", "sing"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmelədi/",
                "audio": "me/melody/melody__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmelədi/",
                "audio": "me/melody/melody__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (also in the sense ‘sweet music’): from Old French melodie, via late Latin from Greek melōidia, from melos ‘song’."
}