{
    "term": "terrain",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to refer to an area of land when you are mentioning its natural features, for example, if it is rough, flat, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**difficult/rough/mountainous terrain**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They walked for miles across steep and inhospitable terrain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tank warfare dominated campaigns in open terrain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Make sure you have equipment that is suitable for the terrain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The truck bumped its way over the rough terrain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "local fighters who know the terrain"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["flat", "steep", "hilly"],
                "verb + terrain": ["cross", "navigate", "negotiate"],
                "preposition": ["across… terrain", "over… terrain"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/təˈreɪn/",
                "audio": "te/terrain/terrain__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/təˈreɪn/",
                "audio": "te/terrain/terrain__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 18th cent. (denoting part of the training ground in a riding school): from French, from a popular Latin variant of Latin terrenum, neuter of terrenus from terra ‘earth’."
}