{
    "term": "technique",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a particular way of doing something, especially one in which you have to learn special skills",
            "sensetop": "technique for doing something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "management techniques"
                },
                {
                    "text": "modern surgical techniques"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Researchers **used** advanced **techniques** to analyse the brain scans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to employ/apply a technique"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have **developed a** new **technique** that corrects the problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Teachers learn various techniques for dealing with problem students.",
                    "contextForm": "technique for doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The artist combines different techniques in the same painting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Modern freezing techniques enable the chickens to be stored for weeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "On the walls I applied the same technique as I had used for the ceiling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The students were struggling to master the new technique."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They employ the latest techniques in farm management."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They learn basic techniques in self-defence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "singing techniques derived from Tibetan music"
                },
                {
                    "text": "techniques for the storage of data"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is now known that ancient seafarers used quite sophisticated navigating techniques."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crime was solved using the most advanced forensic techniques."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a powerful negotiating technique."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Which management techniques seem to work best?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has an ingenious technique for dealing with problems of that sort."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["effective", "powerful", "useful"],
                "verb + technique": ["have", "adopt", "apply"],
                "technique + verb": ["allow something", "enable something", "work"],
                "preposition": ["technique for", "technique in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the skill with which somebody is able to do something practical",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The artist spent years perfecting his technique."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her technique has improved a lot over the past season."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How do you feel about your exam technique."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He needs to improve his throwing technique."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She needs to work on her interview technique if she's going to get a job."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["effective", "powerful", "useful"],
                "verb + technique": ["have", "adopt", "apply"],
                "technique + verb": ["allow something", "enable something", "work"],
                "preposition": ["technique for", "technique in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tekˈniːk/",
                "audio": "te/technique/technique__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tekˈniːk/",
                "audio": "te/technique/technique__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: from French, from Latin technicus, from Greek tekhnikos, from tekhnē ‘art’."
}