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{
"term": "biology",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the scientific study of the life and structure of plants and animals",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a degree in biology"
},
{
"text": "molecular/evolutionary biology"
},
{
"text": "a biology teacher/class/textbook"
},
{
"text": "She's a professor of biology at Stanford."
}
],
"topics": ["Education", "Scientific research", "Biology"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["cellular", "developmental", "environmental"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the way in which the body and cells of a living thing behave",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "How far is human nature determined by biology?"
},
{
"text": "the biology of marine animals"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["cellular", "developmental", "environmental"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪˈɒlədʒi/",
"audio": "bi/biology/biology__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪˈɑːlədʒi/",
"audio": "bi/biology/biology__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: coined in German, via French from Greek bios ‘life’ + -logy."
}