{
    "term": "professor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a university teacher of the highest rank",
            "sensetop": "professor of something",
            "labels": "(especially British English)North American English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Professor (Ann) Williams"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be appointed professor of economics at Cambridge",
                    "contextForm": "professor of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was made (a) professor at the age of 40."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["distinguished", "eminent", "respected"],
                "preposition": ["professor of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a teacher at a university or college",
            "sensetop": "professor of something",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **university/college professor**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a chemistry/law professor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a professor of psychology/political science",
                    "contextForm": "professor of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was my professor when I was a grad student."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a research professor at the University of Southern California"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a respected law professor at a prestigious university"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is a former history professor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report was written by two Harvard professors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is a distinguished professor of law at the University of Illinois."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["distinguished", "eminent", "respected"],
                "preposition": ["professor of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈfesə(r)/",
                "audio": "pr/professor/professor__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈfesər/",
                "audio": "pr/professor/professor__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin professor, from profess- ‘declared publicly’, from the verb profiteri, from pro- ‘before’ + fateri ‘confess’."
}