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{
"term": "classical",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "relating to classical music",
"labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a classical composer/musician/pianist"
},
{
"text": "a classical concert"
}
],
"topics": ["Music"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "widely accepted and used for a long time; traditional in style or idea",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the classical economics of Smith and Ricardo"
},
{
"text": "the classical theory of unemployment"
},
{
"text": "**classical** and modern **ballet/dance**"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "connected with or influenced by the culture of ancient Greece and Rome",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "classical studies"
},
{
"text": "a classical scholar *(= an expert in Latin and Greek)*"
},
{
"text": "classical architecture"
}
],
"topics": ["History", "Buildings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "with all the features you would expect to find; very typical",
"labels": "more frequent",
"examples": [
{
"text": "These are classical examples of food allergy."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "ancient in its form and no longer used in a spoken form",
"examples": [
{
"text": "classical Arabic"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "simple and attractive",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the classical elegance of the design"
}
],
"topics": ["Art"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈklæsɪkl/",
"audio": "cl/classical/classical__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈklæsɪkl/",
"audio": "cl/classical/classical__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘outstanding of its kind’): from Latin classicus ‘belonging to a class’ (later ‘of the highest class’, from classis ‘a division of the Roman people, a grade, or a class of pupils’) + -al."
}