{
    "term": "monster",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "(in stories) an imaginary creature that is very large, ugly and frightening",
            "labels": "(figurative)(figurative)(figurative)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a monster with three heads"
                },
                {
                    "text": "prehistoric monsters"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a barren wilderness inhabited by monsters"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cheap sci-fi films with bug-eyed monsters"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wanted to fight the monster of poverty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wanted to fight these monsters: I didn't want to go on living with them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has created a bureaucratic monster."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "giant", "huge"],
                "verb + monster": ["create", "battle", "defeat"],
                "monster + verb": [
                    "attack somebody/​something",
                    "devour somebody/​something",
                    "kill somebody/​something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an animal or a thing that is very large or ugly",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their dog's an absolute monster!"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "giant", "huge"],
                "verb + monster": ["create", "battle", "defeat"],
                "monster + verb": [
                    "attack somebody/​something",
                    "devour somebody/​something",
                    "kill somebody/​something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who is very cruel and evil",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The man is a monster; he terrifies me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What sort of inhuman monster could do such a thing?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tabloid papers labelled him ‘an evil sex monster’."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "giant", "huge"],
                "verb + monster": ["create", "battle", "defeat"],
                "monster + verb": [
                    "attack somebody/​something",
                    "devour somebody/​something",
                    "kill somebody/​something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a child who behaves badly",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɒnstə(r)/",
                "audio": "mo/monster/monster__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɑːnstər/",
                "audio": "mo/monster/monster__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French monstre, from Latin monstrum ‘portent or monster’, from monere ‘warn’."
}