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{
"term": "crude",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "in its natural state, before it has been processed or refined",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**crude oil/metal**"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not changed or corrected",
"labels": "(statistics)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the crude mortality rate"
},
{
"text": "We adjusted crude effects for age, education, height and weight."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "offensive or rude, especially about sex",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**crude jokes/language**"
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "simple and not very accurate but giving a general idea of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**In crude terms**, a heart attack is a plumbing problem in blood vessels around the heart."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "simply made, not showing much skill or attention to detail",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a crude drawing of a face"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kruːd/",
"audio": "cr/crude/crude__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kruːd/",
"audio": "cr/crude/crude__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin crudus ‘raw, rough’."
}