{
    "term": "scenario",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a description of how things might happen in the future",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Let me suggest a **possible scenario**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **worst-case scenario** *(= the worst possible thing that could happen)* would be for the factory to be closed down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **nightmare scenario**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Similar scenarios are playing out across the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The more likely scenario is that interest rates will rise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Under any of these scenarios, the company will run into debt."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["likely", "plausible", "possible"],
                "verb + scenario": ["consider", "imagine", "construct"],
                "scenario + verb": ["play out", "unfold"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the scenario", "under a/​the scenario"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a written outline of what happens in a film or play",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [],
            "synonyms": "synopsis",
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈnɑːriəʊ/",
                "audio": "sc/scenario/scenario__gb_5.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈnæriəʊ/",
                "audio": "sc/scenario/scenario__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 19th cent.: from Italian, from Latin scena ‘scene’."
}