{
    "term": "vocal",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with the voice",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "vocal music"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the vocal organs *(= the tongue, lips, etc.)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "telling people your opinions or protesting about something loudly and with confidence",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He has been very vocal in his criticism of the government's policy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The protesters are a small but vocal minority."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a highly vocal opposition group"
                },
                {
                    "text": "criticized by a small but increasingly vocal minority"
                },
                {
                    "text": "women who are very vocal about men's failings"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvəʊkl/",
                "audio": "vo/vocal/vocal__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvəʊkl/",
                "audio": "vo/vocal/vocal__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin vocalis, from vox, voc-. Current senses of the noun date from the 1920s."
}