{
    "term": "therapy",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the treatment of a physical problem or an illness",
            "labels": "(British English)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He is **receiving therapy** for cancer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most leukaemia patients undergo some sort of **drug therapy** *(= treatment using drugs)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**alternative/complementary therapies** *(= treatments that do not use traditional drugs)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "new cancer therapies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They recommend exercise therapy for patients with chronic back pain."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["alternative", "complementary", "occupational"],
                "… of therapy": ["course"],
                "verb + therapy": ["need", "require", "seek"],
                "therapy + noun": ["group", "session"],
                "phrases": ["a form of therapy"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the treatment of problems with somebody's mental health by talking with them",
            "sensetop": "in therapy",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's in therapy.",
                    "contextForm": "in therapy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I went into therapy because my doctor suggested it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the use of hypnosis as a form of therapy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a therapy group/session"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Mental health"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["alternative", "complementary", "occupational"],
                "… of therapy": ["course"],
                "verb + therapy": ["need", "require", "seek"],
                "therapy + noun": ["group", "session"],
                "phrases": ["a form of therapy"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈθerəpi/",
                "audio": "th/therapy/therapy__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈθerəpi/",
                "audio": "th/therapy/therapy__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia ‘healing’, from therapeuein ‘minister to, treat medically’."
}