{
    "term": "phase",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a stage in a process of change or development",
            "sensetop": "phase in something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "during the **initial/final phase**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the construction/development/design phase"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the testing phase of the project"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This technology is still in an **early phase** of development."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an important phase in your career",
                    "contextForm": "phase in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wedding marked the beginning of a new phase in Emma's life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His anxiety about the work was just **a passing phase**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "During his stay in Spain, his work **entered a** new **phase**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's **going through a** difficult **phase**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The semester was divided into three phases of study."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An effective healthcare response is vital in the early phases of a pandemic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are ready to begin the next phase of the project."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's just a phase he's going through."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Society has entered a technological phase of evolution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The co-op is still in the start-up phase."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The period can be divided into three distinct phases."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The process is still in its testing phase."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a new phase in the European economy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "as the team reaches the later phases of product development"
                },
                {
                    "text": "during the planning phase of an operation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "early in the project's design phase"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the acute phase of the disease"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the main Catholic rituals that mark important phases in a person's life"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most teenagers go through a difficult phase."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The basic idea is elaborated during the design phase."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The initial phase of the project will last six months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are now entering a critical phase of the campaign."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["early", "first", "initial"],
                "verb + phase": ["begin", "enter", "initiate"],
                "preposition": ["during a/​the phase", "in a/​the phase", "phase in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "each of the shapes of the moon as we see it from the earth at different times of the month",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the phases of the moon"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "working/not working together in the right way",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The traffic lights were out of phase."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/feɪz/",
                "audio": "ph/phase/phase__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/feɪz/",
                "audio": "ph/phase/phase__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent. (in sense (2)): from French phase, based on Greek phasis ‘appearance’, from the base of phainein ‘to show’."
}