{
    "term": "pilot",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who operates the controls of an aircraft, especially as a job",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an **airline pilot**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **fighter/helicopter pilot**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accident was caused by pilot error."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pilot bailed out as the aircraft crashed into the ocean."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has his own plane and a pilot's licence."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by air", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["experienced", "licensed", "professional"],
                "pilot + verb": ["fly (something)", "crash (something)", "bail out"],
                "pilot + noun": ["error"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person with special knowledge of a difficult area of water, for example, the entrance to a harbour, whose job is to guide ships through it",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a single television programme that is made in order to find out whether people will like it and want to watch further programmes",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a small flame that burns all the time, for example on a gas boiler, and lights a larger flame when the gas is turned on",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpaɪlət/",
                "audio": "pi/pilot/pilot__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpaɪlət/",
                "audio": "pi/pilot/pilot__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent. (denoting a person who steers a ship): from French pilote, from medieval Latin pilotus, an alteration of pedota, based on Greek pēdon ‘oar’, (plural) ‘rudder’."
}