{
    "term": "tuition",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act of teaching something, especially to one person or to people in small groups",
            "sensetop": "tuition (in something)",
            "labels": "(formal)(British English)(especially British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(both British English, informal)(both especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English, informal)(both British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English, informal)(especially North American English, informal)(British English)(British English)(British English)(both North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She received private tuition in French."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The course involves six hours of individual tuition per week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I studied dance for two years under her expert tuition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had become expert in Chinese cooking under the tuition of her aunt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The students get expert tuition in small groups."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One-to-one tuition can be arranged in certain languages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The price includes two weeks' horse riding plus expert tuition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a further week of intensive tuition at the management training centre."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["private", "individual", "one-to-one"],
                "verb + tuition": [
                    "give (somebody)",
                    "offer (somebody)",
                    "provide (somebody with)"
                ],
                "tuition + noun": ["fees"],
                "preposition": [
                    "under somebody’s tuition",
                    "tuition  for",
                    "tuition  from"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the money that you pay to be taught, especially in a college or university",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The scholarship pays the tuition fees but students still need to find money for accommodation, meals and books."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He won't be able to finish his education unless someone pays his tuition."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["college", "university", "in-state"],
                "verb + tuition": ["afford", "cover", "pay"],
                "tuition + noun": ["rate", "hike", "increase"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tjuˈɪʃn/",
                "audio": "tu/tuition/tuition__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tuˈɪʃn/",
                "audio": "tu/tuition/tuition__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘custody, care’): via Old French from Latin tuitio(n-), from tueri ‘to watch, guard’. Current senses date from the late 16th cent."
}