{
    "term": "opera",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a dramatic work in which all or most of the words are sung to music; works of this type as an art form or entertainment",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Puccini’s operas"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to go to the opera"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an opera singer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**light/grand opera**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["comic", "grand", "light"],
                "verb + opera": ["compose", "write", "sing"],
                "opera + noun": ["singer", "star", "composer"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a company that performs opera; a building in which operas are performed",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Vienna State Opera"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["comic", "grand", "light"],
                "verb + opera": ["compose", "write", "sing"],
                "opera + noun": ["singer", "star", "composer"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɒprə/",
                "audio": "op/opera/opera__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːprə/",
                "audio": "op/opera/opera__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from Italian, from Latin, literally ‘labour, work’."
}