{
    "term": "pupil",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/bo/body_eye.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who is being taught, especially a child in a school",
            "labels": "(especially British English, becoming old-fashioned)(British English)British English",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**school pupils**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **former/past pupil**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How many pupils does the school have?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She now teaches only private pupils."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Spending per pupil will rise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Daniel is the star pupil at school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "secondary school pupils"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ex-pupils try to have a reunion every five years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pupils at Meadow School have raised £1 500 for charity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The school has over 850 pupils."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What measures can we take to deal with disruptive pupils?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We expect pupil numbers to increase next year."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["able", "bright", "good"],
                "verb + pupil": ["teach", "exclude", "expel"],
                "pupil + noun": ["attendance", "numbers", "assessment"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who is taught artistic, musical, etc. skills by an expert",
            "sensetop": "pupil of somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Charpentier took pupils and taught them composition and accompanying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The painting is by a pupil of Rembrandt.",
                    "contextForm": "pupil of somebody"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the small round black area at the centre of the eye",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her pupils were dilated."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Body"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dilated"],
                "verb + pupil": ["dilate", "enlarge"],
                "pupil + verb": ["dilate", "enlarge"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpjuːpl/",
                "audio": "pu/pupil/pupil__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpjuːpl/",
                "audio": "pu/pupil/pupil__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "senses 1 to 2 late Middle English (in the sense ‘orphan, ward’): from Old French pupille, from Latin pupillus (diminutive of pupus ‘boy’) and pupilla (diminutive of pupa ‘girl’).sense 3 late Middle English: from Old French pupille or Latin pupilla, diminutive of pupa ‘doll’ (so named from the tiny reflected images visible in the eye)."
}