{
    "term": "organic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/en/environment_2.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "produced or practised without using artificial chemicals",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**organic cheese/vegetables/wine**, etc."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **organic farmer/gardener**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**organic farming/horticulture**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The farm went fully organic 20 years ago."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Farming", "Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "go"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "fully", "totally"],
                "phrases": ["buy organic"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "produced by or from living things",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Improve the soil by adding **organic matter**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Biology"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "relating to chemical compounds that contain carbon and mainly or ultimately come from living things",
            "labels": "(chemistry)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**organic compounds**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "connected with the organs of the body",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "organic disease"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "consisting of different parts that are all connected to each other",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the view of society as an organic whole"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "happening in a slow and natural way, rather than suddenly",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the organic growth of overseas markets"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɔːˈɡænɪk/",
                "audio": "or/organic/organic__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɔːrˈɡænɪk/",
                "audio": "or/organic/organic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Latin from Greek organikos ‘relating to an organ or instrument’."
}