{
    "term": "universe",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the whole of space and everything in it, including the earth, the planets and the stars",
            "sensetop": "in the universe",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Could there be intelligent life elsewhere in the universe?",
                    "contextForm": "in the universe"
                },
                {
                    "text": "theories of how the universe began"
                },
                {
                    "text": "As far as we know, the entire universe was created in the big bang."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you believe God created the universe?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The universe is still expanding."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the outer regions of the known universe"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Space"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["entire", "whole", "vast"],
                "verb + universe": ["create"],
                "universe + verb": ["expand"],
                "preposition": ["in the universe"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the beginning of the universe",
                    "the origin of the universe",
                    "the origins of the universe"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a system of stars, planets, etc. in space outside our own",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The idea of a **parallel universe** is hard to grasp."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He lives in a little universe of his own."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A tidal pool is its own little universe, bustling with activity and life."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["entire", "whole", "vast"],
                "verb + universe": ["create"],
                "universe + verb": ["expand"],
                "preposition": ["in the universe"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the beginning of the universe",
                    "the origin of the universe",
                    "the origins of the universe"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a particular area of experience or activity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the moral universe"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["entire", "whole", "vast"],
                "verb + universe": ["create"],
                "universe + verb": ["expand"],
                "preposition": ["in the universe"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the beginning of the universe",
                    "the origin of the universe",
                    "the origins of the universe"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːnɪvɜːs/",
                "audio": "un/universe/universe__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːnɪvɜːrs/",
                "audio": "un/universe/universe__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French univers or Latin universum, neuter of universus ‘combined into one, whole’, from uni- ‘one’ + versus ‘turned’ (past participle of vertere)."
}