{
    "term": "questionnaire",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a written list of questions that are answered by a number of people so that information can be collected from the answers",
            "sensetop": "questionnaire on/about something",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to fill in a questionnaire"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to fill out a questionnaire"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local companies were asked to complete a questionnaire about their exports.",
                    "contextForm": "questionnaire on/about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the people who responded to the questionnaire were supportive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The college is now analysing thousands of questionnaires."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Companies were sent a questionnaire on their environmental practices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Completed questionnaires should be returned by the end of the month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The questionnaire was about the different countries we had visited."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The survey was conducted by questionnaire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There followed a multiple-choice questionnaire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We drew up a questionnaire for health professionals."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["brief", "short", "simple"],
                "verb + questionnaire": ["design", "develop", "prepare"],
                "preposition": [
                    "questionnaire about",
                    "questionnaire concerning",
                    "questionnaire on"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkwestʃəˈneə(r)/",
                "audio": "qu/questionnaire/questionnaire__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkwestʃəˈner/",
                "audio": "qu/questionnaire/questionnaire__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 19th cent.: from French, from questionner ‘to question’."
}