{
    "term": "sketch",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a simple picture that is drawn quickly and does not have many details",
            "labels": "(US English)(US English)(US English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The artist is making sketches for his next painting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She drew a **sketch map** of the area to show us the way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He did some rough sketches of the costumes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police released a composite sketch of the suspect."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The family house appears in several of her sketches."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge will ban sketch artists from the courtroom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a series of sketches by John Constable"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the artist's original sketch"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He drew me a quick sketch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I usually do a few very rough sketches before I start on a painting."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lightning", "quick", "rough"],
                "verb + sketch": ["do", "draw", "make"],
                "sketch + noun": ["book", "pad", "map"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the sketch", "sketch by", "sketch for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a short funny scene on television, in the theatre, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The drama group did a sketch about a couple buying a new car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The show sometimes feels like a university revue sketch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a comic sketch about a talking cat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a one-hour TV sketch show"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My favourite sketch is the one about the dead parrot."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre", "TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["short", "comedy", "comic"],
                "verb + sketch": ["do", "perform", "write"],
                "sketch + noun": ["comedy", "comedy show", "show"],
                "preposition": ["sketch about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a short report or story that gives only basic details about something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a biographical sketch of the prime minister"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gave us character sketches of all his eccentric relations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The talk began with a thumbnail sketch of the political situation at that time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In 1842 he wrote out a short sketch of his theory."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["brief", "thumbnail", "biographical"],
                "verb + sketch": ["give somebody"],
                "preposition": ["sketch of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sketʃ/",
                "audio": "sk/sketch/sketch__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sketʃ/",
                "audio": "sk/sketch/sketch__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from Dutch schets or German Skizze, from Italian schizzo, from schizzare ‘make a sketch’, based on Greek skhedios ‘done without preparation’."
}