{
    "term": "person",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a human as an individual",
            "sensetop": "as a person",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What sort of person would do a thing like that?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a fascinating person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What is she like as a person?",
                    "contextForm": "as a person"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's just the person we need for the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's the only person I can talk to about my problems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Gary was the last person I expected to see when I answered the doorbell."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had a letter from the people who used to live next door."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm not really a city person *(= I don't really like cities)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can I speak to the person in charge, please?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm not a religious person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police think they have found the person responsible for the muggings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Robbie did what any other sane person would do in this situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is a warm but very private person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's the right person for the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disciplinary panel will notify the person concerned of its findings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police now realize that they had the wrong person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a person from Vietnam"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a person from the same family as Gina"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the imprisonment of an innocent person"
                },
                {
                    "text": "As a gay person working in business, I have some experience of this."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's easy to send an email to the wrong person by accident."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["young", "elderly", "old"],
                "preposition": ["as a person", "in person", "person from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the person concerned",
                    "the person in charge",
                    "the person responsible"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a human, especially one who is not identified",
            "labels": "(formal or disapproving)(law)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A **certain person** *(= somebody that I do not wish to name)* told me about it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The price is $40 per person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This vehicle is licensed to carry 4 persons. *(= in a notice)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The verdict was murder by a person or persons unknown."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The virus is spread from person to person."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["young", "elderly", "old"],
                "preposition": ["as a person", "in person", "person from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the person concerned",
                    "the person in charge",
                    "the person responsible"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person working in the area of business mentioned; a person connected with the thing mentioned",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a salesperson"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a spokesperson"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "any of the three classes of personal pronouns. The first person (I/we) refers to the person(s) speaking; the second person (you) refers to the person(s) spoken to; the third person (he/she/it/they) refers to the person(s) or thing(s) spoken about.",
            "labels": "(grammar)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Language"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you have or carry something about/on your person, you carry it about with you, for example in your pocket",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Relatives of the dead man were traced through an address found on his person."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to treat everyone in the same way, without being influenced by their importance, wealth, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Death is no respecter of persons."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you do something in person, you go somewhere and do it yourself, instead of doing it by letter, asking somebody else to do it, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You have to pick up the package in person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She appeared in person to collect her prize."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in the form or shape of somebody",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Help arrived in the person of his mother."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The firm has an important asset in the person of the sales director."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who is believed to be involved in a crime, but who has not been arrested",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Police have said they do have a person of interest in the case."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "suspect",
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːsn/",
                "audio": "pe/person/person__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpiːpl/",
                "audio": "pe/person/people__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːrsn/",
                "audio": "pe/person/person__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpiːpl/",
                "audio": "pe/person/people__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French persone, from Latin persona ‘actor's mask, character in a play’, later ‘human being’."
}