{
    "term": "poetry",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "poems in general; poems as a genre of literature",
            "labels": "(US English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "lyric/epic poetry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to write poetry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a poetry reading"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Maya Angelou’s poetry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a book/collection/anthology of poetry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "At school we had to learn a lot of poetry by heart."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He began his speech with a few lines of poetry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an essay on imagery in poetry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the New York poetry scene"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "verse",
            "topics": ["Literature and writing", "Hobbies"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "great", "bad"],
                "… of poetry": ["line", "piece", "anthology"],
                "verb + poetry": ["compose", "write", "read"],
                "poetry + noun": ["book", "collection", "reading"],
                "preposition": ["in poetry"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a quality of beauty, style and feeling",
            "labels": "(approving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was poetry in all her gestures."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpəʊətri/",
                "audio": "po/poetry/poetry__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpəʊətri/",
                "audio": "po/poetry/poetry__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from medieval Latin poetria, from Latin poeta ‘poet’. In early use the word sometimes referred to creative literature in general."
}