{
    "term": "module",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a unit that can form part of a course of study, especially at a college or university in the UK",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The course consists of ten core modules and five optional modules."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Participants who complete 10 online modules will receive their certificates in June."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The course material is divided into four modules."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each student takes five modules."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["individual", "compulsory", "optional"],
                "verb + module": ["do", "study", "complete"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a unit of a computer system or program that has a particular function",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can buy memory modules to increase storage capacity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "New software modules include a virtual memory tool."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["command", "lunar", "memory"],
                "verb + module": ["add", "configure", "install"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "one of a set of separate parts or units that can be joined together to make a machine, a piece of furniture, a building, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Ships are now built in modules rather than built in a whole from the base up."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["command", "lunar", "memory"],
                "verb + module": ["add", "configure", "install"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a unit of a spacecraft that can function independently of the main part",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Photographs were taken from a lunar module"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the tiny command module of the spaceship"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["command", "lunar", "memory"],
                "verb + module": ["add", "configure", "install"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɒdjuːl/",
                "audio": "mo/module/module__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɑːdʒuːl/",
                "audio": "mo/module/module__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the senses ‘allotted scale’ and ‘plan, model’): from French, or from Latin modulus ‘measure’, diminutive of modus. Current senses date from the 1950s."
}