{
    "term": "methodology",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a set of methods and principles used to perform a particular activity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "recent changes in the methodology of language teaching"
                },
                {
                    "text": "research methodologies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Different people adopt different methodologies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police methodologies have been questioned in recent years."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌmeθəˈdɒlədʒi/",
                "audio": "me/methodology/methodology__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌmeθəˈdɑːlədʒi/",
                "audio": "me/methodology/methodology__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: from modern Latin methodologia or French méthodologie."
}