{
    "term": "transparent",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "allowing you to see through it",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The insect's wings are almost transparent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her eyelids were blue and almost transparent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are so thin that they are quite transparent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've covered the photographs with transparent plastic sheets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They trade in transparent coloured gems such as rubies and sapphires."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["very", "completely", "entirely"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "that you can easily see is false; allowing you to see the truth easily",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a transparent attempt to buy votes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a transparent lie/ploy/ruse"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Am I that transparent? *(= are my intentions that obvious?)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a man of transparent honesty"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "obvious",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["very", "completely", "entirely"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "easy to understand",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a campaign to make official documents more transparent"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["very", "completely", "entirely"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænsˈpærənt/",
                "audio": "tr/transparent/transparent__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænsˈpærənt/",
                "audio": "tr/transparent/transparent__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin transparent- ‘shining through’, from Latin transparere, from trans- ‘through’ + parere ‘appear’."
}