{
    "term": "monk",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a member of a religious group of men who often live apart from other people in a monastery and who do not marry or have personal possessions",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Benedictine/Buddhist monks**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["Buddhist", "Tibetan", "Zen"],
                "verb + monk": ["become"],
                "monk + verb": ["chant"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mʌŋk/",
                "audio": "mo/monk/monk__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mʌŋk/",
                "audio": "mo/monk/monk__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English munuc, based on Greek monakhos ‘solitary’, from monos ‘alone’."
}