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{
"term": "classic",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "accepted or deserving to be accepted as one of the best or most important of its kind",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a classic film/story/game"
},
{
"text": "I grew up listening to **classic rock**."
},
{
"text": "a classic novel/study/goal"
},
{
"text": "This classic novel was first published in 1938."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "with all the features you would expect to find; very typical",
"labels": "less frequent",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **classic example** of poor communication"
},
{
"text": "This was a classic case of what not to do."
},
{
"text": "She displayed the classic symptoms of depression."
},
{
"text": "I made the classic mistake of clapping in a pause in the music!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "attractive, but simple and traditional in style or design; not affected by changes in fashion",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a classic grey suit"
},
{
"text": "classic design"
},
{
"text": "a classic look"
},
{
"text": "She was wearing a classic little black dress."
},
{
"text": "The shop specializes in classic English style."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "people say That’s classic! when they find something very funny, when they think somebody has been very stupid or when something annoying, but not surprising, happens",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's not going to help? Oh, that's classic!"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈklæsɪk/",
"audio": "cl/classic/classic__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈklæsɪk/",
"audio": "cl/classic/classic__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French classique or Latin classicus ‘belonging to a class or division’, later ‘of the highest class’, from classis ‘a division of the Roman people, a grade, or a class of pupils’."
}