{
    "term": "transparency",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the quality of something, such as a situation or an argument, that makes it easy to understand",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a need for greater transparency in legal documents"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police reforms will ensure greater transparency and accountability."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the quality of something, such as glass, that allows you to see through it",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a picture printed on a piece of film, usually in a frame, that can be shown on a screen by shining light through the film",
            "labels": "informal",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an overhead transparency *(= used with an )*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the quality in something, such as an excuse or a lie, that allows somebody to see the truth easily",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were shocked by the transparency of his lies."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænsˈpærənsi/",
                "audio": "tr/transparency/transparency__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænsˈpærənsi/",
                "audio": "tr/transparency/transparency__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (as a general term denoting a transparent object): from medieval Latin transparentia, from transparent- ‘shining through’, from Latin transparere, from trans- ‘through’ + parere ‘appear’."
}