{
    "term": "phenomenon",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a fact or an event in nature or society, especially one that is not fully understood",
            "sensetop": "phenomenon of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**cultural/natural phenomena**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **global phenomenon** of climate change",
                    "contextForm": "phenomenon of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Globalization is a phenomenon of the 21st century."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Early retirement is a relatively new phenomenon in Britain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were hoping science could somehow explain this strange phenomenon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His job is to investigate supernatural phenomena."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How does one explain this incredible phenomenon?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I observed a similar phenomenon in Bolivia."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She proved scientifically that such phenomena exist."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The phenomenon occurs in the early stages of pregnancy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The unfolding energy crisis is very much a global phenomenon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "amazing natural phenomena"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the growing phenomenon of air rage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The research sets out to explain certain social phenomena in modern urban areas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They claimed the depletion of the ozone layer was primarily a natural phenomenon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This kind of crime is a phenomenon of the modern age."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["common", "universal", "widespread"],
                "verb + phenomenon": ["investigate", "examine", "observe"],
                "phenomenon + verb": ["arise", "emerge", "happen"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person or thing that is very successful or impressive",
            "labels": "North American English",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This young pianist is a phenomenon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie has become a bona fide cult phenomenon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Grand National, with bets worth more than £8m, is a racing phenomenon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Harry Potter was the greatest book publishing phenomenon ever."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["common", "universal", "widespread"],
                "verb + phenomenon": ["investigate", "examine", "observe"],
                "phenomenon + verb": ["arise", "emerge", "happen"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈnɒmɪnən/",
                "audio": "ph/phenomenon/phenomenon__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈnɒmɪnə/",
                "audio": "ph/phenomenon/phenomena__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈnɑːmɪnən/",
                "audio": "ph/phenomenon/phenomenon__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈnɑːmɪnə/",
                "audio": "ph/phenomenon/phenomena__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek phainomenon ‘thing appearing to view’, based on phainein ‘to show’."
}