{
    "term": "software",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the programs used by a computer for doing particular jobs",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "management/editing software"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a very clever **piece of software**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Click here to **download the software**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You should **install** antivirus **software**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do not **run software** from unknown sources."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You will need to be able to **use** basic office **software**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has **developed** its own voice-recognition **software**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Will the **software run** on my machine?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **software developer/company/engineer**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has promised funding to purchase **hardware and software** in school education."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was arrested for selling pirated software."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I updated my antivirus software last night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Voice-recognition software takes your speech and turns it into text."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an exciting piece of design software"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["computer", "PC", "application"],
                "… of software": ["piece"],
                "verb + software": ["run", "use", "create"],
                "software + verb": ["run"],
                "software + noun": ["application", "applications", "package"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɒftweə(r)/",
                "audio": "so/software/software__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɔːftwer/",
                "audio": "so/software/software__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}