{
    "term": "participant",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who is taking part in an activity or event",
            "sensetop": "participant in something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The average age of **study participants** was 48 years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "workshop/conference/seminar participants"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has been an **active participant** in the discussion.",
                    "contextForm": "participant in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The child must be a willing participant in the therapy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Participants in the study completed a short questionnaire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Participants were asked to choose one of four topics for the lunch sessions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These sports are exciting for participants and spectators alike."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Online gaming attracts enthusiastic participants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Participants ranged in age from 35 to 55."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Protests on Monday attracted thousands of participants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a regular participant in the show."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He became a prominent participant in the space program."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was a willing participant in the deception."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was an unwilling participant in his downfall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was difficult to recruit participants for the study."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The research participants were all undergraduate students in their final year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Of the survey participants, 39.2% were female and 60.8% were male."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The participants were asked to indicate their attitudes to science."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Enrolment will be limited to 35 participants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Workshop participants are encouraged to share their ideas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most conference participants expressed their support for the idea."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "active", "passive"],
                "verb + participant": ["attract", "select", "ask"],
                "participant + verb": [
                    "attend something",
                    "experience something",
                    "describe something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["participant in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt/",
                "audio": "pa/participant/participant__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pɑːrˈtɪsɪpənt/",
                "audio": "pa/participant/participant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin participant-, literally ‘sharing in’, from the verb participare, based on pars, part- ‘part’ + capere ‘take’."
}